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Jolly acknowledges the difficulty of reversing Florida’s ban on transgender girls in school sports but argues Democrats can still compete.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-08-13T22:46:33.564Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-13T18:17:19.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-13T22:46:33.564Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":82,"critic":65,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Two independent full reports plus 35 digests corroborate key facts","critic":"Full reports quote affected person and give specific figures","hype":"Headline matches body; no sensationalism detected"}},"tags":["#FloridaGovernorRace","#DavidJolly","#ByronDonalds","#USPolitics","#TransgenderRights","#2026Elections"],"entities":["David Jolly","Byron Donalds","Florida","Ron DeSantis","Donald Trump","Democratic Party"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["David Jolly, a former Republican congressman, is running for Florida governor as a Democrat after leaving the GOP.","His likely opponent, Rep. Byron Donalds, has raised over $100 million, compared to Jolly’s $10 million.","Florida has voted Republican in three consecutive presidential elections, with Ron DeSantis winning by 19 points in 2022.","Jolly has ruled out reversing the state’s ban on transgender girls and women participating in female school sports teams."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"David Jolly, a former Republican congressman who left the party and later registered as a Democrat, is running for governor of Florida. His campaign is framed as an attempt to prove Democrats can still compete in a state that has shifted decisively toward the GOP. Jolly’s likely opponent in the November election is Rep. Byron Donalds, a Trump-backed candidate who would be Florida’s first Black governor if elected."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Florida has not elected a Democratic governor since 2010. Donald Trump won the state in three consecutive presidential elections, and Ron DeSantis secured a 19-point victory in 2022, giving Republicans a supermajority in the state legislature. Jolly has acknowledged the uphill battle, telling voters in Leesburg that there is not enough political will to reverse Florida’s ban on transgender girls and women participating in female sports teams at public schools and universities."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Donalds has criticised Jolly as an out-of-touch liberal, running ads that highlight Jolly’s past support for gender-affirming care and LGBTQ symbols like rainbow crosswalks. Jolly has countered by accusing Donalds of ignoring economic issues. Despite the financial disparity, Donalds has raised over $100 million compared to Jolly’s $10 million, Jolly argues that Florida remains a competitive state and that a Democratic victory could reshape the national political landscape."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned Jolly’s stance on transgender girls and women participating in female school sports teams. The left and centre-rated digests all carried this detail. 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