Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds is a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida. He won the August 2026 Republican primary and was the Republican nominee for governor of Florida in 2026.
Jonathan Weber said about Byron Donalds, in Newcomer on October 30, 2026.
From Jonathan Weber's Newcomer newsletter of October 30, 2026, on tech's political bets in the midterms. The passage appears in a rundown of races where data centers are an issue.
Decision Desk HQ said about Byron Donalds, in Decision Desk HQ on October 28, 2026.
Decision Desk HQ was reviewing its polling averages and forecasts for the 2026 governor races.
Clay Travis said about Byron Donalds, in The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on October 27, 2026.
Clay Travis on his solo show on October 26, 2026, while arguing against identity politics in voting. He also pointed to Republican early-vote numbers in Florida.
…so-called propaganda media. They basically only have owners at MSNBC that are committed to far left-wing politics and at the New York Times. Everywhere else is returning to some form of centrism. at least some form of unbiased media coverage. And that I think is supremely important as well. Okay.
I want to close with this.
I watch almost nothing other than football during the fall on television. I watch college football and the NFL, watch a ton of it. Last night, I ended up watching with my wife the Mike Tyson documentary that is up on Netflix. I don't even know how many days this Mike Tyson documentary has been up.
It's fantastic.
Highly recommend all of you watch this Mike Tyson documentary. I thought it was and is incredibly well done. if you lived through the Tyson era when he was the baddest man on the planet in the 80s and the 90s, as I did, if you had Mike Tyson punch out back in the day, if you remember on those rare…
Am I correct?
Scott MacFarlane said about Byron Donalds, in Scott MacFarlane Reports on October 23, 2026.
From Scott MacFarlane's daily editorial note of October 23, 2026, previewing a Trump rally in Florida for Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, in the final stretch of the campaign.
Tim Dickinson said about Byron Donalds, in The Contrarian on October 6, 2026.
Dickinson was running through governor races where Democrats could play offense.
Byron Donalds writes The Breitbart News Daily Podcast . They have also been a guest on Kudlow (4 times) , The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show (2 times) , Market Mondays (2 times) , Squawk Pod , Mark Levin Podcast , The Charlie Kirk Show , John Solomon Reports and The Sean Hannity Show .
Recently: “The Fight for Florida: Byron Donalds Makes His Case” on The Sean Hannity Show (October 2026); “Election BOMBSHELL: Alaska Investigation, Comey's Legal Troubles & Michigan Senate Showdown!” on John Solomon Reports (October 2026); “10/27/26 - Mark Levin: If Republicans Don’t Vote, We Lose Our Country!” on Mark Levin Podcast (October 2026); “Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Oct 22 2026” on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show (October 2026); “Hour 3 - Halfway Clay & All-In Buck” on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show (October 2026); “CAIR’s Mobilization + The Woke Crusade Backfires” on The Charlie Kirk Show (September 2026).
Donalds on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on October 22, 2026, urging Florida voters to cast early ballots in the governor's race against Democrat David Jolly.
…working with her. But the guy who actually lives in Florida, Buck Sexton, has not yet voted. This makes me a better American than him. Don't you agree? And what would you say to others in Florida like Buck Sexton, not to throw him under the bus, but who have not also gotten out and voted early yet?
Well, I want to thank you for throwing Buck under the bus like that. Yeah, Buck, you need to get out and vote, man. You have a lot going on. Make sure your voice is counted, your vote is counted, your voice is heard. I think, look, for people in our state who still haven't voted, we know you're going to get out and vote. Just make sure you have a plan. Make sure you execute that plan. Our state's a great state. We want it to continue to be the best state in America. That's only possible by people going out to vote and make sure that we don't have Democrats come into Florida and run this state because they'll do what they did in so many states up north. They'll run it into the ground. We have to make sure we keep Florida as the free state of Florida. I'm looking at Buck Sexton. Buck, you need to go vote today.
Amen.
Hold on a second, Mr. Soon-to-be-Governor.
Byron, I just want to point out that there's a nickname for Clay. It's called Halfway Clay because he's owning property in Florida, but he's Mr. Tennessee, right? So he wants to have his cake and eat it, too. He's like, I want all the greatness of Florida, but I'm going to also have a house in…
Donalds, the Republican nominee for Florida governor, on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show on October 22, 2026, answering what he would do in his first 90 days in office.
…what puts a seat like that at risk. But we know Republican voters in Florida are going to make sure they get out and vote. But Ashley has been campaigning hard. She's going to continue to do a great job, and we think that she's going to win. She's going to be successful on November 3rd as well.
…this to be a big victory. But I was wondering if you could just give us a sense. It's the first 90 days of your new term as governor. What are you doing in Florida? Because a lot of the rest of the country looks at Florida as, a leader on these issues and initiatives, a place that's doing it right?
Oh, we're going to be laser focused on affordability. Insurance, like I said earlier, our plan lowers premiums 20% in the state of Florida. We're going to be working immediately with the legislature to get that accomplished. Also, permitting reform. Most people don't know that 30% of the cost of a new home is government, not a roof, not appliances, not furniture, but it's government. So we have to modernize permitting in our state. We want to make sure that we are building efficiently. So we're not artificially driving up the cost of construction just because of government timelines and government permanent costs. So those are the big two things that we're going to be laser focused on. The third is our launch pad initiative. We want children in Florida, if they're not going to the university system, we want them to be able…
We're talking to the next governor of Florida, Byron Donalds. Byron, we mentioned the Senate race with you. You're running on the governor side. They also redrew the entire congressional map, as you well know, because you have been in Congress for the past several years representing southwest…
Vote that's exactly right i mean look i'll start with the tampa bay region we have mike beltran congressional district 14 this is the new one he's running uh against a career democrat incumbent We need Mike Beltran to be successful and go to Congress. His opponent, Cathy Castor, she's voted for…
Absolutely. That is the key message.
Donalds, the Republican candidate for Florida governor, speaking about road construction and traffic at a campaign event. The clip is quoted in Mary L. Trump's newsletter of August 29, 2026, which also criticizes the rest of the remark.
