Byron Donalds leverages real estate war chest to narrowly win historic Florida governor’s race

Byron Donalds, an ally of President Donald Trump who raised over $40 million from real estate executives and companies, was elected as Florida’s 47th governor, making history as the Sunshine State’s first Black politician to hold the office. Republican Donalds secured more than 50 percent of the vote from over four million voters, defeating Democrat challenger David Jolly, who received over 48 percent from more than 3.9 million voters. Jolly, a former Republican congressman who represented Florida’s 13th Congressional District before leaving the GOP last year, raised more than $780,000 from the real estate industry.  Tom Llamas, anchor of NBC […]

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