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August 17, 2026

To: My Fellow Floridian Voters
Re: The Governor’s Race and candidate Paul Renner

As you know, tomorrow’s primary race is wide open, with eleven candidates. So this is a bit late but I only heard of Paul Renner this weekend when someone invited me to his town hall in my area. He supported medical freedom long before it was on the radar and is the only candidate who will keep Joseph Lapado, appointed by DeSantis, as Florida’s surgeon general, who opposed COVID lockdowns and mitigation efforts. He comes closest to DeSantis; he was Speaker of the FL House in 2022-24 and worked to pass legislation to keep Florida designated as a Free State. None of them are perfect, but Renner is running a Florida First campaign to keep it free.

Bryon Donalds has dominated the ad space; Collins is second. I’ve seen little advertising by Paul Renner. Donalds is getting a lot of out-of-state dark money from undisclosed sources

and hiding behind P.O. Boxes when you try to trace it. He gets money from BigTech bros and was convicted of felony bank fraud in the past, which was expunged from his record. Then he was assigned to the Financial Services Committee, an area that needs cleaning up. It’s no wonder he talks a good game on AI data centers but opposes safeguards against them. Plus, Trump endorsed him, which is not a good sign either. I believe Donalds is corrupt and/or ripe for corruption.

Then there’s Collins, who has sponsored legislation to expand data centers. Paul Renner opposes massive AI data centers; has worked to preserve Florida farmland; opposes the surveillance state; supports medical, food and financial freedom; opposes abuses of private equity; and is pro-worker.

I’ve attached more about Renner in a PDF, including links to his FB, a FB reel of the town hall I attended, and a news article.

David Jolly is the Democrat running against the GOP, and he is pushing the trans agenda of surgeries and men in women's sports.

EDIT Note: Seen no polling on this guy; he has not heard of Richard Baris. If anyone has any polling info by Baris on him please post it.

Town Hall
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2261800914555849

CORRECTION: It is at 30:33 exactly; he answers my question on arbitration and private equity abuse, and he adds that he opposes sovereign immunity too.

FB Home Page
https://www.facebook.com/RepPaulRenner/

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