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David Jolly
2026 CANDIDATE RECORD

David Jolly

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Attorney; former U.S. representative

Source review: 2026-10-16
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Professional Background

Former Pinellas-area U.S. representative who served from 2014 to 2017 as a Republican. Later worked as a political commentator and joined the Democratic Party in 2025.

Experience

  • U.S. House of Representatives (2014–2017)
  • Congressional aide and attorney
  • Political commentator

Education

  • Emory University: BA
  • George Mason University: JD

Portrait provenance is retained in the full profile.

Positions & Public Record

healthcare

Medicaid expansion

Calls for Medicaid expansion and affordable health-care access across Florida.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
education

Public schools and voucher accountability

Calls for higher public-school investment and teacher pay, means-tested vouchers, and equivalent service and accountability standards for participating private schools.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
housing

State catastrophe coverage and condo loans

Proposes moving natural-disaster risk into a state catastrophic fund and offering no-interest state-backed loans for major condominium repairs.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
corporations

Campaign-finance and ethics reform

Calls for tighter campaign-finance and ethics rules, criticizing unlimited corporate political contributions linked to official acts.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
environment

Climate resilience and clean energy

Supports climate-change planning, water-quality and resilience investment, and greater integration of renewable energy into utilities.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
rights

Restore Roe/Casey protections

Supports codifying the Roe/Casey reproductive-rights framework in Florida absent federal legislation.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
guns

Gun-violence prevention

Supports an assault-weapons sales ban, universal background checks and preserving and expanding red-flag laws.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
democracy

Home rule and direct democracy

Supports local home rule and making constitutional amendments easier to place on the ballot.

Current publicly available campaign platform reviewed October 16, 2026; publication date is not supplied. Proposals are not enacted outcomes.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
immigration

Legal pathways and community policing

Supports border security alongside lawful pathways to legal status and work; wants local policing focused on public safety rather than mandatory deportation enforcement.

Evidence describes the statement or action on its date; it is not proof of an unchanged position on every related proposal.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
corporations

Moratorium on hyperscale data centers

Proposes an immediate moratorium on hyperscale data-center construction pending environmental study and protections for water and nearby communities.

Evidence describes the statement or action on its date; it is not proof of an unchanged position on every related proposal.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform
taxes

Utility profits and housing costs

Proposes capping investor-owned utility profits at the national average and expanding state catastrophic insurance coverage to reduce household costs.

Savings projections on the campaign page are campaign estimates, not independently verified results; none is adopted here.

Publication date not stated · candidate platform

Follow the Money

Reporting period: 2025-06-04 – 2026-10-09.

Reported Receipts
$11,112,194.34
Reported Disbursements
$8,310,565.75
Loans
$0.00
Monetary Contributions
$11,112,194.34
In-Kind Contributions
$447,950.87

Figures belong to this account and reporting period. They are not lifetime funding or personal wealth. Receipts, in-kind contributions, loans and spending are separate measures.

Candidate committee receipts and independent expenditures are different money flows. Outside spending has not been comprehensively acquired. Missing records do not mean zero funding or no support. Contributor legal classifications are not inferred from a donor’s industry or political views.

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Sources & Further Records

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