这位前共和党国会议员已筹集近640万美元，目前正面临11月3日的艰难大选对决
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拜伦·唐纳兹抨击民主党潜在对手是激进左翼的“特洛伊木马”
佛罗里达州州长候选人拜伦·唐纳兹做客主持人凯莉·麦克纳尼的节目，探讨即将到来的佛罗里达州州长选举。唐纳兹警告称，其对手戴维·乔利是支持进步议程的激进自由主义者的“特洛伊木马”。他指出，乔利过往对该州政策的批评表明他不适合领导佛罗里达州，并承诺将专注于保险问题与民生负担问题。
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戴维·乔利是前共和党国会议员，如今以民主党候选人身份竞选佛罗里达州州长。他在周二晚间的初选中胜出，在一众候选人中脱颖而出，成为该党提名的、将接替即将卸任的佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯的人选。
德桑蒂斯因任期限制无法竞选第三任州长。
乔利的胜利意味着将上演一场较量：温和派民主党人能否说服这个坚定的共和党州选民表达对特朗普政府，更直指对特朗普本人的不满。
在很多方面，这正是乔利作为候选人的竞选核心主张。
夏威夷州州长乔希·格林轻松赢得民主党初选，将在秋季与共和党候选人对决
2025年5月25日，佛罗里达州前共和党众议员戴维·乔利（如今以民主党身份竞选2026年佛罗里达州州长）在佛罗里达州科勒尔盖布尔斯举行市政厅会议（戴维·乔利竞选团队 供图）
乔利曾于2014年至2017年担任佛罗里达州第13国会选区众议员，但在大选输给民主党挑战者查理·克里斯特后，他开始表达对共和党以及唐纳德·特朗普总统执政方向的不满。
2018年，乔利在NBC发表评论文章称，“你不可能做一个从未支持特朗普的共和党人”。
“我曾是任职中的共和党国会议员，曾在众议院发言要求时任总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普退出总统竞选，”乔利说道。
在2016年竞选活动期间，乔利反对特朗普提出的“穆斯林禁令”，并谴责特朗普在《走进好莱坞》录像中发表的针对女性的粗俗言论。
爱达荷州民主党选出小企业主，挑战现任共和党州长
2023年4月17日，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在佛罗里达州布纳维斯塔湖的里迪溪行政大楼举行新闻发布会。他宣布采取立法行动，废除里迪溪改善区与华特迪士尼世界之间的协议，该协议允许迪士尼管理其主题公园及周边物业。（保罗·亨内西/SOPA图片/盖蒂图片社光明图库）
“三年后，我发现自己身处一个日益缩减的共和党人联盟中，人们常称我们为‘从未支持特朗普者’。也就是说，我曾属于这个联盟——但上个月我终于得出结论，是时候离开共和党了，我已注册为无党派人士，”乔利说道。
如今以民主党身份参选的乔利将自己定位为打破特朗普影响力的契机。
“自2015年唐纳德·特朗普走下扶梯宣布参选以来，他在过去十年里扰乱了整个美国的社会试验，”乔利在一段竞选视频中说道。
“如果佛罗里达州的选民们表示‘到此为止’，那么我们将实现一次重置。”
在其官方网站上，乔利列出了几项首要政策重点：保险负担能力、公立学校改革以及竞选财务改革。他还支持扩大堕胎服务渠道等传统民主党纲领内容。
佛罗里达州共和党州长初选候选人称，若当选州长，他将“关停”州内所有堕胎诊所
2026年4月9日，美国纽约，佛罗里达州民主党州长候选人、前共和党众议员戴维·乔利在全国行动网络（NAN）第35周年周年大会上发言。（维克多·J·布鲁/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
据佛罗里达州州务卿办公室选举部门数据，乔利在竞选活动中已筹集近640万美元。在获得提名后，乔利正面临11月3日大选的艰难挑战。
佛罗里达州上一次选举民主党州长还要追溯到1994年，时任候选人是洛顿·奇利斯。奇利斯于1991年上任，1998年去世，距其第二任期结束仅三周。
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最近一次州长选举中，德桑蒂斯以49.4%比40.0%的得票率击败民主党挑战者查理·克里斯特成功连任，克里斯特曾担任拜登政府国际民用航空组织代表。
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Never-Trump Republican is top Dem choice in crucial Florida primary
The former Republican congressman raised nearly $6.4M and now faces an uphill general election battle on Nov. 3
August 18, 2026 8:33pm EDT / Fox News
Byron Donalds slams likely Dem opponent as ‘Trojan horse’ for radical left
Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds joins host Kayleigh McEnany to address the upcoming Florida governor election. Donalds warns that his opponent David Jolly is a ‘Trojan horse’ for radical liberals who support progressive agendas. He argues that Jolly’s past criticisms of state policies show he is unfit to lead the state of Florida, promising instead to focus on insurance and affordability.
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David Jolly, a former Republican congressman and now a Democratic candidate for governor in Florida, won a primary election on Tuesday evening, topping a crowded field of hopefuls to become the party’s nominee to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Sunshine State.
DeSantis is prevented by term limits from running for a third term.
Jolly’s win sets up a race to see if a moderate Democrat can tempt a solidly Republican state to voice its frustrations with the Trump administration and, more pointedly, with Trump himself.
In many ways, that’s the crux of Jolly’s message as a candidate.
HAWAII GOV JOSH GREEN CRUISES TO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WIN, SETS UP FALL MATCHUP WITH GOP NOMINEE
Former Republican Rep. David Jolly of Florida, who is now running for Florida governor in 2026 as a Democrat, holds a townhall in Coral Gables, Florida on May 25, 2025(David Jolly campaign)
Jolly previously served as the representative for Florida’s 13th Congressional District from 2014-2017, but, after losing the general election to Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, he began voicing disagreements with the direction of the GOP and President Donald Trump.
In 2018, Jolly published an opinion piece with NBC, stating that “you can’t be never-Trump and be a Republican.”
“I was a sitting Republican member of Congress who took to the house floor and called on then-candidate Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race,” Jolly said.
On the campaign trail in 2016, Jolly balked at a proposed “Muslim ban” Trump and the Access Hollywood tape in which Trump made crude remarks about advances toward women.
IDAHO DEMOCRATS CHOOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN UPHILL RACE AGAINST INCUMBENT GOP GOVERNOR
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference at the Reedy Creek Administration Building in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on April 17, 2023. He announced legislative action to nullify the agreement between the Reedy Creek Improvement District and Walt Disney World that allowed Disney to control its theme park and surrounding property.(Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)
“Three years later, I find myself fully immersed in a dwindling coalition of Republicans often referred to as never-Trumpers. That is, I was immersed in that coalition — last month I came to the conclusion that it was time to finally leave the Republican Party and registered with no party affiliation,” Jolly said.
Now, running as a Democrat, Jolly has pitched himself as an opportunity to break Trump’s momentum.
“Since the emergence of Donald Trump in 2015 when he came down the escalator, he has disrupted the entire American experiment over the last 10 years,” Jolly said in a campaign video.
“If in the state of Florida, Florida’s voters are the ones who say, ‘not anymore, ‘we will have provided a reset.”
Among his top priorities, Jolly lists insurance affordability, public schools and campaign finance reform on his website. He also supports more traditionally Democratic platform elements like increasing access to abortion.
FLORIDA GOP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE SAYS AS GOVERNOR, HE’D ‘SHUT DOWN’ EVERY ABORTION CLINIC IN STATE
Former Republican Representative David Jolly, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Florida, speaks during the National Action Network (NAN) 35th Anniversary Convention in New York, US, on Thursday, April 9, 2026.(Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In his campaign, Jolly has raised nearly $6.4 million, according to the Florida Department of State Division of Elections. Having secured the nomination, Jolly faces an uphill race to the general election on Nov. 3.
Florida last elected a Democrat for governor in 1994, in Lawton Chiles. Chiles served from 1991 until his death in 1998, just three weeks before the end of his second term.
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Most recently, DeSantis last won reelection in a 49.4% to 40.0% victory over Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, a former Biden representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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