Byron Donalds

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says Florida cannot become too expensive for working families and seniors, and promises to lower insurance costs and keep property taxes in check.[1],[3]
• Proposes "Your Doctor, Your Price," requiring posted cash prices for common medical procedures.[6]
• Proposes "Read to Succeed" early-literacy programs and "LaunchPad Florida" paid apprenticeships for debt-free careers.[5]
• Says he would keep Florida free of a personal income tax and speed up state and local permitting for businesses.[4]
• Says he would work to move NASA headquarters and the Space Force Academy to Florida's Space Coast.[8]

Background

• U.S. Representative, Florida's 19th Congressional District · 2021–present[2],[12]
• State Representative, Florida House of Representatives (chaired Insurance and Banking Subcommittee) · 2016–2020[2]
• Board of Trustees member (appointed by Gov. Rick Scott), Florida SouthWestern State College[2]
• Finance, insurance and banking career, Southwest Florida[2],[12]

Education

• B.A., Finance and Marketing, Florida State University (2002)[2],[12]

Where they stand

• Housing
  Says regulatory reform could cut property insurance costs a further 20% to 25%; proposes an insurer scorecard, keeping Citizens Insurance small and better-targeted storm-hardening grants.[3],[9]
• Taxes
  Supports Amendment 3, the November 2026 property tax measure, as a first step, and says Florida should keep its personal income tax at zero.[9],[4]
• Health Care
  Proposes requiring hospitals and doctors to post guaranteed cash prices for the 50 most common procedures and requiring insurers to approve common treatments within three days.[6]
• Education
  Supports letting education funding follow the student to the school parents choose and keeping "partisan political theories" out of classrooms.[5]
• Immigration
  Proposes requiring every Florida business to use E-Verify, cutting state benefits that he says encourage illegal immigration, and coordinating with federal authorities to deport noncitizens who commit crimes.[7]
• Energy & Environment
  Opposes bans or moratoriums on data centers; supports safeguards such as closed-loop water cooling and protecting household utility customers from data center costs.[9],[3]
• Abortion
  Says abortion remains an issue despite Florida's six-week abortion law, that opponents of abortion now need to win people over "with empathy — not just politics," and that as governor he would invest in pregnancy resource centers.[11]
• Guns
  Describes himself as an advocate for the Second Amendment.[2]

Voting record

A selection of notable recorded votes. Not a complete record.

In their words