Were Byron Donalds to run for Florida governor, he'd handily beat opponents, according to a poll shared by Trump. What do SWFL residents think?

President Donald Trump shared early polling results for the 2026 gubernatorial race in Florida favoring Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) on Monday, the first time the president has indicated any level of support for a candidate since retaking the White House.

While Ron DeSantis can't run for governor again in 2026, some voters might want to see another DeSantis on the ballot. But one notable Florida voter, President Donald Trump, seems to have another candidate in mind.

The poll was released just hours after Trump took to Truth Social to boost the potential candidacy of Byron Donalds. The Republican Congressman from Southwest Florida does respectably well in the survey, with 3 in 10 Trump voters approving of the Congressman and just 2% disapproving. But that puts Donalds far from DeSantis’ +53.

On Monday, a cryptic post by President Donald Trump might have officially marked the beginning of the 2026 Florida governor’s race. On his Truth Social platform, Trump posted a screen grab of a survey showing U.

In a new Truth Social post, Donald Trump spotlighted a January poll, first covered by Florida Politics, showing U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds with a massive lead over a hypothetical field of Republican opponents in the August 2026 Primary.

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,