Republican Byron Donalds elected Florida’s first black governor

Republican Representative Byron Donalds was elected Florida’s first black governor on Tuesday, defeating Democrat David Jolly in an unexpectedly competitive race that tested the GOP’s grip on President Donald Trump ‘s adopted home state.

Donalds, a staunch Trump ally, will succeed outgoing Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who used the office to fan presidential ambitions and steer the nation’s third-most populous state further to the right.

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Donalds, who will become the nation’s first elected Black Republican governor, fended off Jolly, a former Republican congressman who switched parties and ran a centrist campaign.