WCPT 820 Interview: David Jolly

Published May 30, 2025, 7:22 PM

Richard is joined by David Jolly, former Republican member of Congress, political analyst, author and founder of Florida 2026 political committee. During the Trump era, Jolly left the Republican Party and spent eight years as an independent. He is now preparing to run for Florida governor as a Democrat. "I think the way back for Democrats nationally is actually through governors runs this cycle, where you can extract some of the more toxic federal issues that are just so hard to unpack from the major party reflexes of voters," Jolly told WCPT.  

He continued: "I'm coming into the party because in this moment, where we have to stand in the gap, the fundamental values of the Democratic Party are absolutely right. Some coalition, some party has to fight for an economy for all people, for government that actually works, that serves seniors and veterans and those in need, and some party has to create a community where everyone is embraced and lifted up, regardless of who you worship, who you love, or where you came from. Those are the fundamental values of the Democratic Party.  And so forget it, folks, if you think we need to change. No, we don't. We don't need to change.

"And I don't even think we have to be afraid of issues of the past cycles. But what we need to do is this cycle, we have to meet voters exactly where they're at and where voters are at in 2026 may be different than '24 and '22, and that's fine. That's part of what you have to do in politics, is you have to listen a lot more than you talk and figure out where voters are at and say, OK, this is how we're going to apply Democratic Party values, Democratic coalition values, to where voters are right now, and throw in the fact that we're the party that wants to fight corruption and billionaires in politics at the national and state level. This is a rich opportunity for Democrats going into this cycle."

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