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First Shot

Azoria CEO James Fishback made his long-teased bid for Governor official Monday, rolling out a hard-line, “Florida First” campaign that casts him as the ideological heir to Gov. Ron DeSantis and a foil to U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds .

In a nearly three-minute launch video posted shortly before a Tallahassee press conference, Fishback vowed to “preserve Governor DeSantis’ wins” and ripped Donalds over H-1B visas, AI data centers and stock trading, arguing the Naples Republican “can’t be our next Governor” and promising to visit all 67 counties while focusing on affordability for families.

Donalds’ camp promptly

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