Overview
- Fishback, 30, filed his candidacy in Tallahassee and released a launch video casting himself as a DeSantis-style conservative outsider and criticizing Rep. Byron Donalds.
- His platform pledges to halt H‑1B visas, oppose AI data centers, block large investors and foreign buyers from purchasing Florida homes, and abolish homestead property taxes.
- At his Tallahassee event, Fishback labeled Donalds a "slave to corporate interests," language reported after he contrasted his agenda with the Trump-backed congressman’s record.
- Reporting details legal and financial disputes tied to Fishback, including a Greenlight Capital lawsuit over alleged misrepresentation, a court order to repay more than $337,000, dissolved funds linked to litigation, and a protection petition he defeated in court.
- Early indicators still favor Donalds, who holds the president’s endorsement and leads in public polls and betting markets, while DeSantis has not endorsed a successor.