Byron Donalds Calls for Rick Scott's Help as Poll Shows Tie with David Jolly
Jolly was nearly tied with Donalds in one poll and received Al Lawson’s endorsement.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYFlaglerLive is a local news publisher, and the article attributes poll results and campaign statements to identifiable sources. The author is not identified here, limiting transparency about who reported the story.
- Source type — Local news publisher with a regional reporting focus.
- Source transparency — Pollsters, campaign statements and the setting of Scott’s remarks are identified.
- Author attribution — No author is identified.
The article gives results and margins of error for two named polls and includes statements from Donalds, Scott and Lawson. It offers limited detail on the polls’ methods beyond sample size and voter type, and Lawson’s claims are not answered by Donalds in the article.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents two polls, Donalds’s campaign message and Lawson’s support for Jolly, but does not include a response to Lawson’s criticisms of Donalds.
- Source diversity — Includes statements from people associated with both campaigns and results from two pollsters.
- Counterarguments presented — The competing campaign perspectives appear, though Lawson’s criticism is not answered.
- Omitted context — Poll methodology is only briefly described.
The article reports competing poll results and quotes both campaigns without clear partisan language or an evident preference in its framing.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive language and attributed quotations.
- Source selection — Includes statements from Donalds and Scott, as well as Lawson speaking for Jolly.
- Framing — Presents two polls with differing results.
A poll found Byron Donalds and David Jolly nearly tied in Florida’s gubernatorial race, while another recent poll showed Donalds ahead. Rick Scott appeared with Donalds, and former congressman Al Lawson announced his support for Jolly and criticized Donalds.
Rick Scott appeared with Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds in Pinellas County and urged people to return their mail-in ballots early. A St. Pete Polls survey of likely voters put Donalds at 44.7% and Democrat David Jolly at 44.6%, within the poll’s 3.4-point margin of error. A separate NBC6/Telemundo poll showed Donalds leading Jolly, 48% to 41%.
Donalds said his campaign was reaching out to Black voters and that Florida’s economy depends on protecting the environment. The Jolly campaign announced that former U.S. representative Al Lawson was supporting Jolly; Lawson praised Jolly and urged Black voters to consider Donalds’ voting record, including his vote against the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Jolly in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Jolly’s record.
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Part of a bigger story
3 OUTLETSOutlets describe the Florida governor’s race between David Jolly and Byron Donalds as close, based on polling. Center outlets use polling to portray a close contest, with one comparing surveys and the other placing the race in Florida’s broader campaign context.
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