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Byron Donalds Wins Florida GOP Governor Primary to Face Democrat David Jolly in November

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Florida's Tuesday primary produced a marquee general election matchup for governor: Republican Rep. Byron Donalds, a conservative congressman and close Trump ally, won the GOP nomination to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis and will face former Republican-turned-Democrat David Jolly, who won the Democratic nomination by appealing to voters disaffected with Trump.

Donalds, if elected, would become Florida's first Black governor. On the Democratic side, Jolly, a former Republican congressman, is betting that voter frustration with Trump can close the gap in a state where Republicans significantly outnumber Democrats. Elsewhere in Florida's primary, Trump-backed Sydney Gruters, wife of Republican National Committee Chair Michael Gruters, won a House primary in a congressional district redrawn under DeSantis's redistricting map to lean even more Republican.

Rep. Cory Mills, facing a House Ethics probe, lost his primary despite Trump's endorsement. In another open House race for Donalds's vacated seat, Trump-endorsed candidate Lauf also fell short.

On the Democratic side, Rep. Jared Moskowitz, one of the most vocal Democratic supporters of Israel in Congress, defeated a DSA-backed challenger and advances to a highly competitive general election. Former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz also won her House primary.

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