Gubernatorial candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly brought their campaigns to South Florida on Friday, a little more than two weeks before Election Day.
Donalds, the Republican, spoke to voters Friday morning at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. The 47-year-old focused on communism in remarks aimed at the city’s Cuban exile community. A longtime ally of President Donald Trump, he is running on a conservative platform that includes affordability, immigration and law and order.
Donalds said the state’s foundation rests on freedom, safe communities and family values. He acknowledged problems with the cost of living, insurance and property taxes, but said those issues do not require abandoning that foundation.
In Deerfield Beach, Jolly, the Democrat and a former Republican, met with nearly a dozen pastors from across Florida. The meeting was part of a Florida East Coast Baptist Association gathering focused on faith, community and leadership. The 53-year-old named housing, health care, education and opposition to data centers as the core of his campaign.
Jolly said the race comes down to change versus more of the same, and criticized Donalds for focusing on communism and socialism rather than offering solutions.
Voters will decide the race on Nov. 3.
