{"id":59385,"date":"2025-11-24T01:06:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=59385"},"modified":"2025-11-24T01:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:06:58","slug":"james-fishback-enters-florida-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/james-fishback-enters-florida-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMES FISHBACK ENTERS FLORIDA GOVERNOR&#8217;S RACE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cFlorida is Our Home\u201d: Republican Investor James Fishback Announces Florida Governor Campaign to Challenge Byron Donalds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"5e605a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59386 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5e605a; width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Republican investor James Fishback of Madison, FL, officially filed as a candidate for the 2026 Florida gubernatorial campaign. \u201cI\u2019m running for Florida Governor to make life more affordable for you and your family,\u201d says <strong>Fishback<\/strong>. \u201cHardworking Floridians should be able to buy a home, raise a family, and retire with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fishback\u2019s bold affordability platform includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Stopping the replacement of American workers with H-1B foreigners,<\/em> so Floridians\u2014 especially our recent grads\u2014can get great-paying jobs again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Telling Blackstone, Airbnb, and foreign speculators to stop buying up our neighborhoods <\/em>because in Florida, our homes are for families.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Blocking the construction of AI Data Centers <\/em>that would threaten our water supply and raise our electric bills.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Abolishing property taxes<\/em> for <em>all <\/em>Florida residents\u2019 homesteaded properties\u2014because in America, you don\u2019t rent your home from the government; you own it free and clear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, Americans know that \u201cNot all Republicans are the same.\u201d In Fishback\u2019s campaign launch video, he criticizes primary opponent <strong>Byron Donalds <\/strong>for supporting H-1B visas, urging the construction of AI data centers across Florida, and making millions of dollars trading stocks in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongressman Byron Donalds can\u2019t be our next governor because he won\u2019t fight for Florida,\u201d says <strong>Fishback<\/strong>. \u201cI will. I\u2019ll fight to preserve Governor DeSantis\u2019 wins by keeping Florida free from DEI, radical transgenderism, Soros-backed prosecutors, child predators, voter fraud, and the millions of illegals who invaded our country on Kamala Harris\u2019 watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fourth-generation Floridian and anti-establishment political outsider, Fishback rose to prominence as an investor who stood up to Wall Street, sued the Federal Reserve, and filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/25\/25A312\/378332\/20250930162759399_25A312_Amicus%20Brief.pdf\">landmark brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending President Trump\u2019s right to fire corrupt officials<\/a>. Fishback is the founder and CEO of investment firm <strong>Azoria<\/strong> and <strong>Incubate Debate<\/strong>, a free high school debate league he started in Miami, FL in 2019 that has hosted in-person debate tournaments for thousands of students throughout Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/j_fishback\/status\/1992246080327791053?s=20\">including most recently at Jacksonville University last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the coming months, I\u2019m going to meet as many Floridians as I can, where they live, work, and pray,\u201d <strong>Fishback <\/strong>says of his campaign plans. \u201cI\u2019ll visit all 67 counties because Florida\u2019s next governor has to be someone you can see, talk to, and even debate with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fishback\u2019s campaign announcement concludes with a defiant message to the entrenched political establishment and powerful special interests that seek to exploit our state: <strong>\u201cFlorida is our home. America is our birthright. And we will never let them steal it from us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1g5lagyDplPOX2mlz1ej8Ju_vwT7Ub4Ss?usp=drive_link\">Please find photos of James Fishback here<\/a>, which can be published courtesy \u201cFishback for Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MnqyLM5M25hElh5SYoroakRJe_ccotZX\/view?usp=sharing\">The campaign launch video is available for download <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1MnqyLM5M25hElh5SYoroakRJe_ccotZX\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a> and can be republished in part or in full, courtesy \u201cFishback for Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFlorida is Our Home\u201d: Republican Investor James Fishback Announces Florida Governor Campaign to Challenge Byron Donalds Today, Republican investor James Fishback of Madison, FL, officially filed as a candidate for&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"15","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTFcL2Zpc2hiYWNrLndlYnA_Zml0PTEwMjQlMkM2ODMmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJKQU1FUyBGSVNIQkFDSyBFTlRFUlMgRkxPUklEQSBHT1ZFUk5PUiYjODIxNztTIFJBQ0UiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.PDZfpTvEMcjjVs2Zh2Rk3ZbVKXtZZuS_FwQ_mi1WnSsMQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":59386,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fishback.webp","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[12695],"class_list":["post-59385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-james-fishback-enters-florida-governors-race"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59387,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59385\/revisions\/59387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}