{"id":287184,"date":"2026-05-28T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287184\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:01:07","slug":"trump-endorses-rep-byron-donalds-in-florida-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287184\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump endorses Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida gubernatorial race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 President Trump has endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds in the Florida gubernatorial GOP primary race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Highly Respected Congressman Byron Donalds is running for Governor of Florida, a State that I love, and WON BIG, in 2016, 2020, and 2024,&#8221; Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday. &#8220;I know Byron well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a TOTAL WINNER! Byron has a great wife, Erika, and three beautiful sons. They are very proud of him!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Governor, Byron will have a BIG Voice, and work closely with me to advance our America First Agenda. He will fight tirelessly to help Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Strengthen our Military, Protect our Veterans, Advance American Energy DOMINANCE, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., and Defend our always under siege Second Amendment. Byron Donalds will be a truly Great and Powerful Governor for Florida, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement \u2014 HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Donalds is running against three other candidates in the Aug. 18 primary: Florida Lt. Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/jay-collins-green-beret-turned-lieutenant-governor-announces-run-for-florida-governor-florida-news-leadership-forged-under-pressure-not-in-soundbites-us-rep-byron-donalds-january-12-2026#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jay Collins<\/a>, investor <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/pro-desantis-investor-fishback-announces-bid-for-governor-of-florida-ron-desantis-byron-donalds-blackstone-h-1b#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Fishback<\/a>, and former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (2)<\/p>\n<p>According to a March <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/florida-2026-poll-donalds-leads-gop-primary-for-governor-republicans-outpace-democrats-in-florida-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">poll<\/a> from Emerson College, Donalds received 46% support in the primary race, compared to 4% for both Collins and Fishback, and 3% for Renner, with 39% undecided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 President Trump has endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds in the Florida gubernatorial GOP primary race. &#8220;Highly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-287184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}