{"id":376929,"date":"2026-08-20T21:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376929\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:58:11","slug":"david-jolly-faces-byron-donalds-for-florida-governor-voters-are-begging-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376929\/","title":{"rendered":"David Jolly faces Byron Donalds for Florida governor: &#8216;Voters are begging for change&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-headline watch-truncate\" data-v-7521dc01=\"\">Governor candidate David Jolly discussed &#8220;finding his home&#8221; within the Democratic party through the values he has:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Economic growth: &#8220;Florida&#8217;s economy should continue to grow, but it&#8217;s got to grow for everybody.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\nGovernment assistance: &#8220;Government should help out in some spaces: housing, healthcare, education, clean water, clean air, safe communities.&#8221;\u00a0<br \/>\nLess government approach: &#8220;Stay out of their live, their doctor&#8217;s office, their bedroom.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Good Day Orlando&#8217;s John Brown, Jolly &#8212; a former republican before becoming an independent for seven years &#8212; said voters are asking for change. &#8220;We should be a state where everyone is powered, everyone is welcome, everybody is lifted up, their dignity is respected.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Posted\u00a0August 20, 2026 4:23pm EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor candidate David Jolly discussed &#8220;finding his home&#8221; within the Democratic party through the values he has:\u00a0 Economic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-376929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376929","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=376929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}