Overview
- Donalds has reported more than $90 million raised, including $23 million in the second quarter, with roughly $10 million in his campaign account and the bulk held by an allied PAC.
- The campaign launched a $20 million statewide television and digital ad buy and says it has knocked on more than 180,000 doors to build voter contact across Florida.
- High-profile endorsements have rolled in from President Donald Trump, incoming legislative leaders Jim Boyd and Sam Garrison, Attorney General James Uthmeier and CFO Blaise Ingoglia, tightening establishment support.
- Rivals have criticized Donalds for declining to join scheduled primary debates even as polls show him with double-digit leads and recent surveys put him above 50 percent in multicandidate fields.
- If Donalds wins the Aug. 18 primary in a state where Republicans hold a strong advantage, his priorities on property-tax relief, affordability, insurance fixes and AI data-center rules would guide policy and appointments in the next term.