Despite an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Rep. Byron Donalds’ campaign for next year’s Republican nomination for governor of Florida may not be as easy as he hoped.
While Donalds has a commanding lead in the polls, he has yet to receive the endorsement of Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose handpicked lieutenant governor, Jay Collins, is expected to enter the race.
“He just knows he doesn’t want Byron to be governor, but there isn’t a solid plan to stop him,” said a longtime GOP consultant close to DeSantis. The adviser was granted anonymity to speak freely about the race.
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