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Trump-endorsed Republican Byron Donalds wins Florida race for governor

Donalds, who billed campaign as ‘a continuation of the DeSantis-era of success’, becomes state’s first black governor US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Republican Byron Donalds will be the next governor of Florida, and its first Black leader, after defeating Democrat David Jolly in one of the country’s most-watched midterm races. Donalds was endorsed by…

Trump-endorsed Republican Byron Donalds wins Florida race for governor

Sarah Huckabee Sanders secured her re-election as governor of Arkansas in a Tuesday election, defeating Democrat Fred Love. Sanders, the first woman to hold the office, is entering her second term. She previously held the position of White House press secretary under President Donald Trump and served as Arkansas' governor from 2017 to 2023.

Her father, Mike Huckabee, currently serves as the U.S. ambassador to Israel and previously held the governorship in Arkansas for over two terms. Love, a state senator from the Little Rock area, ran for the governorship as a Democrat. The Associated Press officially announced Huckabee Sanders as the winner at 10:40 p.m. EST on election night.

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