Last year, Moskowitz said he was looking into a run for governor in 2026. Among the reasons he said he’d be a fit: He’s shown he can work with Republicans. From 2019 until 2021, Moskowitz was the head of DeSantis' Division of Emergency Management.

Matt Gaetz said on his talk show that he will consider running after resigning from his Congressional seat and withdrawing as Trump's attorney general nominee.

Fresh off a failed nomination for U.S. Attorney General and following the release of a scathing House ethics report detailing years of heavy drug use and a pension for “regularly” hiring prostitutes, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has floated his name for the next governor of Florida.

The former congressman, who was the subject of a federal investigation and a congressional ethics probe, said he has "a compelling vision for the state."

Florida’s gubernatorial race is seeing movement with former Rep. Matt Gaetz openly discussing he’s considering the statewide run and Rep. Byron Donalds aligning himself with a leading Republican pollster.