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Governor

Florida Governor — 2026

The Florida Division of Elections candidate listing for the 2026 general election marks Byron Donalds / Bryan Avila (REP) Qualified, primary Won, and David Jolly / Gwen Graham (DEM) Qualified, primary Won. The same listing marks other governor tickets Qualified, including no-party, write-in, and LPF rows. Defeated and eliminated rows are not listed here.

By Map the Midterms Editorial Team

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Cook Political Report: Likely R (August 27, 2026)
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Last updated: October 27, 2026. Unofficial information. Not affiliated with any government or election authority. Confirm with your official election office (Florida Division of Elections).

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What is at stake in the Florida governor contest

Florida Governor is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. A governor is the state’s chief executive. Term length and term limits are in that state’s constitution, not in a national statute. In plain terms, what is at stake is the state’s chief executive: the budget the office proposes and the bills it is asked to sign or veto under the state constitution. It is not a national scoreboard. Control of a chamber, where the office sits in one, depends on every other seat as well. This page is one contest.

The principal names on the guide are Byron Donalds (REP); David Jolly (DEM). Byron Donalds is cited to Florida Division of Elections, candidate listing for the 2026 general election. David Jolly is cited to Florida Division of Elections, candidate listing for the 2026 general election. Each of those sentences identifies a listing. It does not quote a speech. A campaign site is the candidate’s own words. This preview does not paste one unless a sentence above names that page, and these sentences name the election-office or Clerk list instead.

Cook Political Report published Likely R as of August 27, 2026. Those labels belong to the outlets. This site does not average them and does not treat them as a prediction of the canvass. One survey stored here is Change Research (Freedom Project USA), Sep 7–9, 2026: Jolly 47, Donalds 44 (Jolly +3). The sample line is “1,107 LV.” The figures are that release, linked on the poll table. They are not an average, not a model, and not a forecast.

Voters comparing 2026 with the last gubernatorial canvass should open Florida’s certified results. This preview does not insert a prior percentage it has not copied from that canvass. A close prior race explains why county reporting order will be watched. It does not decide this one.

Florida counts this ballot under its own calendar. Registration, early voting, and mail-ballot deadlines that this site has checked sit on the voting-deadlines page and on the state hub, each tied to an official page. Totals on election night are unofficial. Mail ballots, provisional ballots, and any later round the state requires can move them. Turnout is a ratio that changes with the denominator — voting-age population, registered voters, or ballots counted — and the Census Bureau’s survey is not the same instrument as the canvass. Nothing here is a call.

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Election night figures

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What this office is

A governor is the state’s chief executive. Typical duties include proposing a budget, signing or vetoing bills, appointing some officials, and commanding the state National Guard under state and federal law. Term length and term limits are set by each state’s constitution. Lieutenant-governor pairing, if any, follows that state’s ballot design.

Why it matters in 2026

Cook published an August 27, 2026 analysis moving Florida’s governorship from Solid to Likely Republican. Names on this page are the Division of Elections listing.

Names below are taken from the election-office list cited on each card. Party labels follow that list. This page is not a certification.

Candidates

Names below are taken from the election-office list cited on each card. Party labels follow that list. This page is not a certification.

Official portrait of Rep. Byron Donalds

Byron Donalds

REP

Ballotpedia

The Division of Elections candidate listing marks Donalds, Byron (REP) / Avila, Bryan as Qualified, with primary Won.

Read more:Election-office list

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Official portrait of former Rep. David Jolly

David Jolly

DEM

Ballotpedia

The Division of Elections candidate listing marks Jolly, David (DEM) / Graham, Gwen as Qualified, with primary Won.

Read more:Election-office list

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Published polls

Published surveys tagged to FL GovernorIndividual published surveys. Not a Map the Midterms average and not a prediction.
PollsterDatesSampleDemRepSpread
Change Research (Freedom Project USA)
Newsweek, Byron Donalds vs. David Jolly poll (Change Research) · accessed September 17, 2026
Sep 7–9, 20261,107 LV · ±2.847JollyOfficial list44DonaldsOfficial listJolly +3
University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab
Newsweek, Byron Donalds vs. David Jolly poll (UNF PORL) · accessed September 17, 2026
Jul 8–17, 2026848 LV · ±3.841JollyOfficial list46DonaldsOfficial listDonalds +5

Questions readers ask

When is Election Day?
The 2026 U.S. midterm general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Early voting and mail-ballot calendars differ by state.
Is this the official candidate list for this governor’s race?
No. Map the Midterms is not an election office. Qualified names are published by the Florida Division of Elections and on the official sample ballot for an address.
Are the poll numbers a forecast?
No. Tables show individual published surveys with the pollster, dates, sample, and a link. They are not a prediction and not an average unless a cited aggregator says so.

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