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Demings plans to focus on making Florida more affordable, strengthening local government authority, and expanding Medicaid.

The winner of the Democratic primary will face a Republican nominee, with Rep. Byron Donalds and former House Speaker Paul Renner currently in the running.

A potential matchup between Demings and Donalds would mark the first time two Black candidates have vied for governor in Florida.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has taken on former U.S. Rep. David Jolly in the Democratic primary fight to be the party’s nominee for governor next year.

Demings filed papers to raise money for a campaign Oct. 31, and made a formal announcement Nov. 6. Jolly in the meantime has been campaigning since June.

The son of a Gadsden County sharecropper and Alabama

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