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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried (D) made her bid against Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) official on Tuesday morning, after months of teasing a run against the incumbent.
Democrat @NikkiFried has filed to run for Florida Governor.
No official announcement yet from her campaign, but she s official with the Florida Division of Elections.#FlaPolpic.twitter.com/yrhQjRyRqN Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) June 1, 2021
It’s time to break the rigged, corrupt system in Florida with #SomethingNew.
That’s why I’m running for Governor.
Fried has spent the last year criticizing DeSantis on the issues, including COVID response and voting reform. She joins former Florida Governor and current Congressman Charlie Crist (D-FL), who is vying for his old job, in the Democratic primary contest.
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Crist held the office from 2007 to 2011.
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Charlie Crist announces he is running for Florida governor
Democrat representative Charlie Crist entered the race for governor, becoming the first challenger to Gov. Ron DeSantis.Octavio Jones/Getty Images, FILE
Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., announced Tuesday morning his intent to return to the governor s mansion his second attempt at the office since leaving it in 2011. He s the first official challenger facing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Crist was the Republican governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 before switching his party registration to Independent in 2010. He became a Democrat in 2012 and has been in Congress representing Florida s 13th Congressional District since 2017.
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Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist (D) announced Tuesday morning that he is making a bid for his old job. Crist, a former Republican, served as governor from 2007 until 2011, before being unseated by Rick Scott. Before that, Crist served in the state legislature and as attorney general, in addition to holding the governor’s mansion.
Since becoming a Democrat in 2012, he has since made multiple, unsuccessful attempts to win statewide offices, including a bid to unseat Scott in 2014. He was elected to the House in 2017 to represent Florida’s 13th congressional district, and is now looking to represent the Democrat party to take on Governor Ron DeSantis (R) in 2022.