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David Jolly is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Florida's 13th congressional district from 2014 to 2017. Jolly left the GOP in 2018 to become an independent, serving as an MSNBC analyst and co-founding the Forward Party before joining the Democratic Party in 2025 to run for Florida governor.
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