Donalds Predicts a Governor's Win on Newsmax, Pitching 20 Percent Lower Insurance Premiums and No Homestead Property Tax

Byron Donalds is closing his campaign for Florida governor with a prediction and a price tag. Interviewed on Newsmax's 'Saturday Report' on Saturday, the Republican congressman said the packed Friday night rally with President Donald Trump in Daytona Beach showed Florida voters are energized, and that he expects to win Tuesday's election over Democrat David Jolly, the former Republican congressman who switched parties. Donalds called Jolly 'a fraud' who changed his positions when he changed parties - on the Second Amendment and abortion among them - an attack Jolly's campaign has faced throughout the fall campaign.

His substantive pitch was affordability. 'Affordability is the top issue on everybody's mind,' Donalds said. 'We have a plan to lower insurance premiums 20% in the state of Florida. We want to lower property taxes, eliminate homestead property taxes for the people of our state.' He credited Gov. Ron DeSantis, the term-limited incumbent he seeks to succeed, with doing 'a great job leading Florida,' and said his administration would build on that record while lowering housing, insurance and tax costs - the three costs Pensacola households cite most after Hurricane Isaias.

Donalds also predicted Republican Sen. Ashley Moody will defeat Democratic challenger Angie Nixon in the Senate special election on the same ballot, and closed by urging Republicans to turn out Tuesday to hold the governorship, the state Legislature and Congress. 'So many people have chosen Florida for a reason,' he said. 'You need to get out and vote to make sure that it remains the free state of Florida.' Florida polls are open Tuesday, November 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Escambia County voters cast ballots at their assigned precincts.