{"id":446360,"date":"2026-11-03T19:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446360\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:06:10","slug":"byron-donalds-and-family-cast-ballots-on-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446360\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron Donalds and family cast ballots on Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donalds and competitor David Jolly are vying for Governors seat<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VAMDZ2NLMBFCTIXCLMMA73FSQA.jpg\"\/>Florida Republican candidate for governor Byron Donalds speaks at a campaign event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo\/Marta Lavandier) (Marta Lavandier,  Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds was joined by his family at a polling location near their home in Collier County as they cast their ballots Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cNone of this would be possible without the love and support of (wife Erika Donalds) and my boys,\u201d Donalds posted on X.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/byrondonalds\/status\/2117634975386206718?a=oKBDU_5hIqiwGrSAEdI&amp;s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/byrondonalds\/status\/2117634975386206718?a=oKBDU_5hIqiwGrSAEdI&amp;s=46\"> \u201cGet out and VOTE, Florida!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\"> Donalds told WINK-TV that addressing affordability would be among his top priorities if elected governor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cHonestly, it\u2019s been a great journey. Really at peace with how we\u2019ve conducted ourselves, how we ran this campaign,\u201d Donalds told the TV station. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Donalds\u2019 campaign will be holding an election night watch party at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">News 6\u2019s Mike DeForest will have updates throughout the evening as election results are tabulated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorMike DeForest headshot<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a52ff911-65d2-4df0-9e81-2658ee9e18ac.png\"\/><a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/team\/VG6HRTDCE5BGXERD5LZM6R2CB4\/\" title=\"View Mike DeForest&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike DeForest<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter Mike DeForest has been covering Central Florida news for more than two decades. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donalds and competitor David Jolly are vying for Governors seat Florida Republican candidate for governor Byron Donalds speaks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[173647,8184,2715,28,249,251,250,6281,16660],"class_list":["post-446360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-byrond-donalds","tag-election-2026","tag-elections","tag-florida","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-governor","tag-governors-race"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446360","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=446360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}