I am really surprised by this....here we go, Crist again! How many times is this guy going to run and I find it interesting that he once again is running on the DEM ticket.
Charlie Crist Wins Chance To Take On Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis And His $132 millionFlorida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist speaks to the media before casting his vote in the primary election on Aug. 23, 2022. (Photo: Octavio Jones via Getty Images)
Charlie Crist on Tuesday won the Democratic nomination for Florida governor, giving him a second shot at the job he once held as a Republican.
Crist defeated Nikki Fried, the sitting agriculture commissioner and currently the only Democrat in a statewide office, which now allows him to take on incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Florida Republican has spent recent months campaigning around the country as a prelude to a widely expected 2024 presidential run.
Fried, who had once been 30 points behind in polling, seemed to gain momentum in recent weeks thanks to a surge of women voters angered by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade.
It’s unclear whether voters who view abortion rights as a top priority will enthusiastically back Crist against DeSantis, who pushed for and supports the state’s new law banning the procedure after 15 weeks. Crist was a pro-choice Republican, earning the enmity of many in his party’s base. However, as a GOP governor, he appointed two strongly anti-abortion judges to the Florida Supreme Court.
In any event, whether that issue alone will be enough for Crist to defeat an incumbent governor is unclear.
No sitting governor has lost re-election in Florida since 1990, and that only happened because Republican Bob Martinez was challenged by the immensely popular Lawton Chiles, who had already served three terms in the U.S. Senate...............
https://www.yahoo.com/news/charlie-crist-wins-chance-florida-000720969.html