Former President Bill Clinton is joining Florida Democrats’ late push for votes, with a campaign appearance for gubernatorial nominee David Jolly scheduled two weeks before Election Day.
\n\nClinton will appear alongside Jolly at an evening interfaith event in Hollywood on Tuesday, October 20. The visit will mark his first public campaign stop of the 2026 midterms, according to Jolly’s campaign.
\n\nThe former president’s appearance comes as Jolly, a former Republican congressman who won the Democrat nomination in August, faces Republican Rep. Byron Donalds in the race to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis.
\n\nDemocrats are bringing Clinton into a state where they have struggled for decades to win the governor’s office. Lawton Chiles was the last Democrat elected governor of Florida, winning reelection in 1994. Jolly is seeking to break that streak on November 3, but recent surveys offer different pictures of his chances against Donalds.
\n\nClinton’s visit comes after a Stetson University poll released Tuesday showed Donalds ahead of Jolly by 11 points, 52% to 41%, among modeled likely voters. Other polling has shown a narrower contest. A St. Pete Polls survey conducted October 5–7 put the candidates at 45% each, while a YouGov survey released last week showed Donalds…
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