{"id":129007,"date":"2022-08-25T14:16:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=129007"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:16:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:16:59","slug":"florida-democrats-pick-charlie-crist-as-challenger-to-ron-desantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/florida-democrats-pick-charlie-crist-as-challenger-to-ron-desantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Democrats Pick Charlie Crist As Challenger To Ron DeSantis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Charlie Crist has won Democratic primary in Florida, and will take on Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in the midterm polls in November.<\/p>\n

Crist, House representative from Florida’s 13th congressional district, defeated the state’s agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried in the primary vote Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Crist began his political career as a Republican, serving in the Florida Senate from 1993 to 1999, and joined the Democratic Party in 2012.<\/p>\n

He was governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011.<\/p>\n

Crist’s challenge comes as DeSantis seeks a second gubernatorial term and is rumored to run for the White House in 2024. A known critic of mask and vaccine mandates, the Republican Party’s rising star is considered by partymen as a natural successor to former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

DeSantis is ahead of Crist by a few percentage points in Florida, according to opinion polls.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, the people of Florida clearly sent a message: they want a governor who cares about them and solves real problems, preserves our freedom, not a bully who divides us and takes our freedom away,” Crist said in a victory speech, referring to DeSantis.<\/p>\n

“This guy wants to be President of the United States of America. However, when we defeat him on November 8, that show is over,” Crist added. <\/p>\n

DeSantis hit back by saying, “We will never ever surrender to the woke agenda. Florida is a state where woke goes to die.”<\/p>\n

In Oklahoma, Republicans elected Trump-endorsed Rep. Markwayne Mullin in the run off to fill out the remaining term of the seat that the state’s retiring US senator vacates.<\/p>\n

In New York state, Democrat Pat Ryan, who cast his campaign as a “referendum on Roe v. Wade,” defeated Republican Marc Molinaro in a special election for an open House seat. <\/p>\n

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