{"id":2684738,"date":"2026-10-15T12:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T16:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-will-trot-out-bill-clinton-in-desperate-attempt-to-help-them-win-floridas-gubernatorial-race\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:00:06","slug":"dems-will-trot-out-bill-clinton-in-desperate-attempt-to-help-them-win-floridas-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-will-trot-out-bill-clinton-in-desperate-attempt-to-help-them-win-floridas-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Will Trot Out Bill Clinton in Desperate Attempt to Help Them Win Florida\u2019s Gubernatorial Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-will-trot-out-bill-clinton-in-desperate-attempt-to-help-them-win-floridas-gubernatorial-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2684738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Bill Clinton plans to campaign in Florida next week for Democrat David Jolly, marking his first public appearance on the 2026 election trail outside of earlier New York events. Clinton will attend an evening interfaith event in Hollywood, Florida, on October 20, just before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-endorses-new-york-mayoral-candidate-in-apparent-bid-to-pull-progressives-away-from-andrew-yang\/\" title=\"AOC Endorses New ... Mayoral Candidate In Apparent Bid To Pull Progressives Away From Andrew Yang\">early voting begins<\/a> in parts of the state. Jolly, a former Republican Congress member who won the democratic nomination for governor, faces Republican Byron Donalds in the race to succeed outgoing Governor Ron DeSantis. Polls show a competitive race with some surveys indicating Donalds leading and others showing a tie. Donalds has considerably outraised Jolly in campaign funds. The Florida governor\u2019s race is considered a toss-up or leaning Republican by various analysts, with early voting slated to start October 19 and the election scheduled for November 3.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to campaign in Florida next week for Democrat David Jolly.<\/p>\n<p>This will be Clinton\u2019s first public appearance on the 2026 trail outside of earlier New York events.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">David Jolly spent the last year calling the Epstein file dump \u201cdripping with depraved criminality\u201d and telling Republicans to do the right thing.<br \/> Now he\u2019s happy to stand next to Bill Clinton the guy Epstein visited at the White House 17 times, who flew on the Lolita Express 26 times, who paid Paula Jones $850k, and who got impeached over the Lewinsky cigar.<br \/> The outrage only applies when it hurts Trump. When Clinton shows up to help the campaign, the files, the victims, and \u201cbelieve all women\u201d suddenly don\u2019t matter.<br \/> Hypocrites!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ElBigote (@DonElBigote) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonElBigote\/status\/2110504498921721875?\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Clinton is set to join Jolly at an evening interfaith event in Hollywood, Florida, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, two weeks before Election Day and as early voting begins in parts of the state, MS NOW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/news\/midterms-2026-florida-bill-clinton-jolly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New to @MSNOWNews \u2013> Former President Bill Clinton, after not campaigning outside of NY in the 2022 midterms, is taking to the campaign trail in the final weeks of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>His first stop: Florida for David Jolly.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/axb7ZDmhJZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VaughnHillyard\/status\/2110456477861446068?\">October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jolly, a former Republican member of Congress, won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in August.<\/p>\n<p>He faces Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump, in the race to succeed outgoing Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Clinton limited his campaign appearances to the closing days in New York, New Jersey, and Texas. In 2024, he made dozens of stops for now-former Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries headlined a New York fundraiser for Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who is running in a newly drawn toss-up district after a DeSantis-backed remapping.<\/p>\n<p>The polls on the Florida governor\u2019s race are split.<\/p>\n<p>A Stetson University survey released Oct. 13 found Donalds leading Jolly 52 percent to 41 percent among modeled likely voters, with 5 percent undecided, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/byron-donalds-vs-david-jolly-latest-polls-show-two-very-different-results-12564501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But a Change Research poll conducted Oct. 8-10 found the candidates tied at 47 percent each. St. Pete Polls had them tied.<\/p>\n<p>YouGov had Donalds up 47 percent to 45 percent. An NBC 6\/Telemundo 51 poll had Donalds ahead 48 percent to 41 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Decision Desk HQ recently moved the race from \u201cToss Up\u201d to \u201cLean Republican.\u201d Cook Political Report, Sabato\u2019s Crystal Ball, and Inside Elections rate it the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2026 Florida Governor<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 Byron Donalds: 52%<br \/> \ud83d\udd35 David Jolly: 41%<\/p>\n<p>Stetson University poll | 10\/1-10\/9 https:\/\/t.co\/T5nhfIBnfH<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenSourceZone\/status\/2110112548670292398?\">October 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of Sept. 25, Donalds had raised $134.4 million and spent $91.7 million across his campaign and political committee, compared with $16.7 million raised and $11.2 million spent by Jolly, according to CBS Miami figures cited by Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis won reelection in 2022 by nearly 20 points. Trump also carried Florida by double digits in 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Friday update: Latest official filings show @ByronDonalds campaign has raised $134.4 m overall while @davidjollyfl has $16.6 m. Jolly total is about 12.3% of Donalds total. So far Donalds campaign has spent more than $91m in a race that remains tight heading into final month<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gary Fineout (@fineout) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fineout\/status\/2106137089968656873?\">October 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s general election is Nov. 3. 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Jolly previously criticized Epstein&#8217;s files but now welcomes Clinton, despite past controversies. The event is scheduled for October 20 in Hollywood, Florida, as early voting begins. Jolly, a former Republican turned Democrat, faces Republican Byron Donalds in the race to succeed Governor Ron DeSantis. Polls show a close contest with varying results; fundraising totals favor Donalds significantly. 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