{"id":380640,"date":"2026-08-25T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380640\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:02:08","slug":"byron-donalds-to-reveal-running-mate-in-major-miami-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380640\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Donalds to reveal running mate in major Miami announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds is set to make a &#8220;major announcement&#8221; Tuesday morning in Miami, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/florida-republican-byron-donalds-gubernatorial-candidate-lieutenant-governor-running-mate-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS News Miami<\/a> confirming he plans to announce his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds is expected to make the announcement at 10 a.m. at Miami&#8217;s Freedom Tower.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Miami reports the pick has not been confirmed, though two South Florida state senators have emerged as potential contenders.<\/p>\n<p>State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Senators\/s39?pref=full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sen. Bryan Avila, R-Miami Springs<\/a>, is a veteran of the Florida Army National Guard and has represented Cuban-majority communities in the Florida House and Senate. In 2024, Avila called himself the most conservative member of the Florida Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/tracy-caruso-resigns-from-public-boards-stands-by-husband-amid-child-sex-abuse-charge-child-abuse-charges-child-sexual-abuse-allegations-child-abuse-allegations-tracy-caruso-statement-tracy-caruso-resignation-public-boards-palm-beach-county-politic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;I love Mike\u2019: Tracy Caruso defends husband, resigns from public boards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/senators\/s40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral<\/a>, is also Cuban American and represents parts of South Florida. She has described herself as an independent voice focused on small businesses and tax cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds, who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/trump-endorses-rep-byron-donalds-in-florida-gubernatorial-race-gop-primary-jay-collins-james-fishback-paul-renner-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">endorsed by President Donald Trump<\/a>, has made South Florida a key part of his campaign for governor.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Republicans face questions about the political landscape in South Florida, including concerns over affordability and immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds has said his campaign is focused on lowering housing and insurance costs while preparing young Floridians for the future economy.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated following Donalds&#8217; announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds is set to make a &#8220;major announcement&#8221; Tuesday morning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-380640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380640","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=380640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}