(The Center Square) - Byron Donalds and David Jolly will face off to replace Ron DeSantis as the next governor of Florida in November.
Voters in the Sunshine State elected Donalds from a crowded field of Republican nominees looking to take over for DeSantis, who is term-limited. Donalds quickly earned the endorsement of President Donald Trump but not the current governor, who declined to endorse in a race that included his own lieutenant Jay Collins.
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