Orange County Democrat Jerry Demings on his ‘I believe campaign’ for governor

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 892

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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WINDERMERE — Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is calling his bid to become Florida’s next governor the “I believe campaign.”

He wouldn’t have entered the race to succeed Ron DeSantis in the Governor’s Mansion this November, he explains, unless he truly believed he could surmount the odds against him.

“The elephant in the room is always, ‘Can he really win?’ he told the more than 100 people who gathered at a fundraising event held on …

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