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BD Byron Donalds Byron Donalds Byron Donalds is a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida.

“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.”

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · US Politics · October 2026

“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.” — Byron Donalds, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Context

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.

Transcript

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show Around 04:52 into the episode
Byron Donalds

…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.

Buck Sexton

…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?

Byron Donalds

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…

Clay Travis

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…

Byron Donalds

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…

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