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Mateo Moreno

Florida's Wide-Open Governor Primary Comes Down to Miami-Dade's Divided Latino Electorate — See the Candidates

Byron Donalds David Jolly Miami Florida Republican Jay Collins Ron DeSantis Donald Trump Gwen Graham James Fishback
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 15: U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) speaks to reporters as he arrives for a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. House Republicans met to discuss the Republican budget bill as they attempt to bring it to the floor next week for a vote. (Credit: Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

MIAMI — Florida voters choose their party's nominee for governor on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the state's first contest for an open governor's seat since Ron DeSantis won the office in 2018. Nowhere is the fight for votes more visible than in Miami-Dade County, home to one of the largest — and most internally divided — Latino electorates in the country, spanning Cuban, Venezuelan and South American communities.

DeSantis is barred from seeking a third term under Florida's term-limit rules, leaving a crowded Republican field and a smaller Democratic one to compete for a governor's mansion the GOP has held since the late 1990s.

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