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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - He Bet Big on Trump. The Prize Could Be the Florida Governor’s Mansion:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/us/elections/byron-donalds-profile-florida-governors-race.html
2026-08-19 11:33 AM ET
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117122897019429188

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - Article: ...told the Florida Tridentthat they married only so she could get cheaper, in- state tuition. They divorced after a few years.
During his young adulthood, he sold what he has described as small amounts of marijuana to make ends meet. He was charged with marijuana possession, a case that was dropped after he completed a program for first-time offenders. He was arrested in connection with what he later said was a bank-card fraud scheme, a case that was also dropped and later sealed from his record.
At Florida State, he joined a business fraternity and met Erika Lees, a sixth-generation Floridian from the Tampa area, who is now his wife. She encouraged him to go to church. He was 21 when, while waiting tables at Cracker Barrel one day, he served a group of customers returning from a religious revival. Mr. Donalds has said that as he rolled silverware, he felt a call from God to stop running from his faith. He hurried outside, met the departing religious group he had just served, and prayed with them.
Mr. Donalds and his new wife settled in Naples, where they both worked in the finance sector, had three sons and became youth leaders at a nondenominational Christian church. Mr. Donalds coached youth basketball and football.
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Byron Donalds and his wife, Erika Donalds, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., in February, to attend the wedding of Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff. Eric Lee for The New York Times
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"He's kind of portrayed himself as a Black Horatio Alger, someone who has pulled himself up by his bootstraps," said Peter J. Bergerson, a professor emeritus of political science at Florida Gulf Coast University who has followed Mr. Donalds' political career.
Mr. Donalds's interest in politics began with the financial crisis. While working on an investment report for work, he said in the interview, he grew angry watching a House Financial Services Committee hearing.
"They just didn't know what they were talking about," he recalled. "It was frustrating."
Mr. Donalds soon began reading books on economic theory, he and his wife said. He watched less ESPN and more CNBC. By 2010, Mr. Donalds had joined the Naples Tea Party.