Ballot facts
- Name as listed
- David Jolly
- Office
- Governor of Florida
- Party
- Democratic (as listed by the state)
- Running mate
- Gwen Graham (Lieutenant Governor)
- Seat
- Open seat (incumbent term-limited) · current governor: Ron DeSantis
- Election
- November 3, 2026 general
- Website
- Website: davidjolly.com
- Candidate list
- Florida Division of Elections — Candidate Listing, 2026 General Election (Governor)
Stated positions
Paraphrased neutrally from the candidate’s own published materials. Each statement is attributed (“says…”) and cited. We do not evaluate the feasibility or accuracy of promises. Every candidate in this race is summarized the same way. How we compile these.
| Topic | Summary of stated position | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Insurance | Proposes a state catastrophic fund that removes natural disaster risk from the private insurance market to lower property and car insurance rates. | Campaign website — davidjolly.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Health care | Says Florida should expand Medicaid. | Campaign website — davidjolly.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Schools | Calls for increasing public school funding and teacher pay, and for voucher schools to meet the same standards as public schools. | Campaign website — davidjolly.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
| Data centers | Says they will issue a moratorium on building hyperscale data centers on day one. | Campaign website — davidjolly.com/issues Accessed October 23, 2026 |
Attributed to the candidate; not verified or evaluated by SaveYourState. Candidates can request a correction by pointing to their own published materials.
Campaign finance
Not yet compiled. Candidates for governor report to Florida’s state campaign-finance office, not the FEC. Their reports are public on the official Florida campaign-finance search.
Record in office
- Has served in the U.S. Congress: Biographical Directory entry (Bioguide ID J000296), with bills sponsored and cosponsored listed on Congress.gov. Linked by Bioguide ID from the candidate’s Wikidata item (Q15963996).
Sources
- Candidate list: Florida Division of Elections — Candidate Listing, 2026 General Election (Governor) — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Campaign website — davidjolly.com/issues — retrieved October 23, 2026
- Photo: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Website: Wikidata Q15963996 official website (P856)
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (Bioguide ID J000296)
- Florida campaign-finance search (official)