Former Republican Charlie Crist Is 1st Democrat To Announce Against Florida’s DeSantis
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Crist will likely face Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and possibly Rep. Val Demings for Florida's Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Florida Congressman Charlie Crist, once the state’s Republican governor, on Tuesday became the first Democrat to announce his candidacy to take on GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis next year — a must-win race for DeSantis if he wants to run for president in 2024. “Every step of the way, this governor has been more focused on his personal political fortune than the struggles of regular Floridians,” Crist said at his announcement rally in his hometown, St. Petersburg. “The truth is, Gov. DeSantis has failed us.” Crist, 64, served a term as Florida’s governor from 2007 through 2011 but did not run for reelection. He ran for Senate instead, leaving the Republican Party when it became clear that he would lose the 2010 GOP primary to Marco Rubio, the former speaker of the state House. Crist ran as an independent that fall, which wound up splitting some of the Democratic vote in Rubio’s easy win.
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