- Republican U.S. Representative Byron Donalds won the Florida gubernatorial election on Tuesday, defeating Democratic candidate David Jolly.
- The Associated Press officially declared Donalds the winner at 9:09 p.m. EST, making him the first Black governor in Florida's history.
- Donalds, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021 and is a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, will succeed Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who was term-limited.
- The election outcome continues a decades-long political streak, as Florida has not elected a Democratic governor since 1994.
- Defeated Democratic candidate Jolly, a former Republican congressman, was unable to flip the state executive office.
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