A poll released Sept. 10 indicates whoever wants to be the next Florida governor needs to start introducing themselves to the electorate.

Twenty-seven candidates have filed to run, although three political veterans have the most name recognition:

Democrat and former Congressman David Jolly of St. Petersburg, current Congressman Byron Donalds, R-Naples, and former GOP Florida House Speaker Paul Renner of Palm Coast.

But more than half the respondents in a poll by Bendixen & Amandi say they do not know who the three would-be governors are.

Which means, in the words of veteran Miami pollster Fernand Amandi, the 2026 Florida governor's race will be "volatile."

Amandi is president of Bendixen & Amandi, a Miami-based research and strategy firm that focuses on the Latino and minority communi

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