Byron Donalds, supported by Trump, says that he is running for Florida's governor

The Republican US representative byon Donalds announced on Tuesday that he would enter the race around 2026 to succeed Florida Governor Ron Desantis, who cannot get any further term in office after eight years.

Donalds enters the race with the confirmation of President Donald Trump. Donalds was a frequent Trump replacement and was on the short list last year to be his vice presidential run.

Desantis, who can no longer run due to term of office limits and unsuccessfully tried a bid by the President against Trump last year, has not yet made an official confirmation for his successor.

Shortly before Donald's announcement, Desantis suggested that his wife Casey Desantis would be a worthy governor and said that Donalds was not part of his victories on conservative priorities.

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Donalds praised the governor on Tuesday and said he had done an “enormous job for our state”. When Donalds spoke to Sean Hannity in Fox News and did not deal directly with the speculation about a Casey Desantis run, his Trump confirmation and his records in the elected office found.

“For a long time I have been in the ditches, in many of these battles to do conservatism,” he added, he would prioritize the insurance costs, promote the cryptocurrency industry and receive the waterways of the Everglades, the largest subtropical wilderness in the USA

The 46-year-old Donalds, who lives in Naples in the southwest of Florida, was born and grew up in Brooklyn. He completed the Florida State University.

He worked as a financial advisor when he was a GOV at the time. Rick Scott appointed him to the board of trustees at a state college and strengthened his promotion in the GOP of the state.

He joined the Florida House in 2016, won a seat in the US house in 2020 and has been on the short list on the short list since then, including nomination in January 2023 from the right-wing wing of as a candidate for the spokesman for the house.

After Trump's advocacy, Donalds stated that he would soon be announced and said that he was “obliged to work with him to keep Florida great”. In a speech at the conservative political action conference on February 21, Donalds said that Trump called him to talk to him about running.

“Florida won't stop leading,” said Donalds. “We will expand what we have done and we continue to be bigger, better, faster, larger, safer, more freely because the American dream is for everyone and we will show the other 49 as you do. “

In addition to Casey Desantis, other potential GOP candidates of the former US representative Matt Gaetz, who said in January, he was considering a run, and Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, although he recently fought with Desantis against immigration policy.

But Trump's confirmation can clarify the path for Donalds due to his dominance in Republican politics, especially in his adopted home state. Trump founded in Palm Beach Residency during his first term.

“Byron Donalds would be a really big and powerful governor for Florida and, if he decided to have my complete and total confirmation,” the president published on Thursday on his social media website. “Run, Byron, run!”

Donalds, one of the best -known black republicans of the state, would be the first African American to act as a governor if he wins.

Donalds and his wife Erika Donalds have earned the call to transform public education and to lead more taxpayers into private and charter schools. As a former member of the district's school authority, she heads a company that supervises charter schools and a virtual academy.