After a thorough thumping of primary rival Nikki Fried, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist quickly trained his focus Wednesday on a vastly tougher target: Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
"I need his help. I want his help. He’s the best I’ve ever met," Crist said in a CNN interview.Florida hasn’t elected a Democratic governor in 28 years. And last year, the number of Floridians who register as Republican voters overtook Democrats for the first time in modern state history, and that toll is rising.
But more than one-in-four Florida voters are registered as unaffiliated with either party. And whichever way these independents swing in November will be decisive in determining the state’s next governor. “Don’t take any of this freedom for granted,” DeSantis told supporters. “You’ve got to fight for it.”
DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio, who is running for re-election against Democrat Val Demings, campaigned together. They were scheduled to make stops Wednesday in Seminole, Duval, and Hillsborough counties.
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