President Trump is touting a internal poll showing Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) leading in a hypothetical Florida governor’s race.
Trump touted the poll, which was conducted by the Florida-based Republican pollster Victory Insights, in a post on Truth Social.
The poll showed Donalds leading a hypothetical Republican primary field with 31 percent support. Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez (R) trailed at 4 percent support followed by the state’s Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson (R) at 3 percent support, and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez at 1 percent support.
No one has jumped into the Republican primary for the state’s gubernatorial race, but Donalds has told a number of Florida Republican donors that he plans on launching a bid. Simpson and Nuñez have both been floated as potential candidates for the position as well.
Trump’s endorsement will likely carry a ton of weight in the state’s Republican primary given the president’s residency and presence in the state.
Donalds has long been a vocal ally of Trump and endorsed him over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the state’s 2024 Republican presidential primary. Donalds sat in Trump’s box during the Republican National Convention last year, and last month Trump gave Donalds a shoutout at the inaugural parade.
“Stand up, Byron,” Trump said at the parade last month. “What a future this one has.”