Byron Donalds is an American Republican congressman. In 2026 he was elected the first Black Republican governor in U.S. history when he defeated Democrat David Jolly in the Florida gubernatorial race. Donalds is considered one of the most prominent Black Republicans in U.S. politics. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1978, earned a degree in finance and marketing from Florida State University, and lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, Erika, and their children.
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