Throughout the primary, 44-year-old Fried has painted the 66-year-old Crist as a Democrat in name only, highlighting positions he held as a Republican that are very much outside modern Democratic orthodoxy. Kelli Skidmore, a Boca Raton Democrat who has endorsed Fried. “Nothing against other Democratic candidates, and whoever wins we will all rally around them, but I strongly feel a good Jewish girl from Broward County against someone like Ron DeSantis is something I think would be a great matchup,” said state Rep. She has also spent the past three years aggressively dogging DeSantis on issues from pandemic response to his focus on culture war issues. Since the ruling, Fried has attempted to energize voters who are incensed by the landmark decision. Wade, an issue that helped propel abortion rights to the forefront of campaigns across the nation. Some of Fried’s supporters are perplexed that Crist is viewed as the frontrunner, especially after the Supreme Court in June struck down federal abortion protections enshrined in Roe v. “I know if I lose, the people lose,” Fried said in a recent interview. The electoral landscape has also shifted in Republicans’ favor - with the GOP overtaking Democrats in voter registration last fall for the first time in the state’s modern political history. DeSantis has more than $132.5 million in his campaign war chest and has amassed enormous power in the state Legislature, which routinely approves his priorities. Yet even the most hopeful Democrats are aware of the difficulty they face in November. They accuse the governor of near-authoritarian rule and routinely point out that he’s more concerned with a potential White House bid in 2024 than helping Florida residents gain access to affordable housing or fix the state’s crumbling insurance market. Ron DeSantis in November, and to many Democrats the stakes couldn’t be higher. Whoever advances through Tuesday’s primary will take on Republican Gov. Most polls show Crist leading Fried, including one that has Crist up by double digits. Charlie Crist, the former Republican Florida governor turned independent turned Democrat, who has decades of electoral experience.Ĭrist has outraised Fried, garnered more endorsements and managed to rally chunks of the traditional Democratic Party coalition to his side, including Florida’s teachers union, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, environmental groups and Black faith leaders. Fast forward three years and Fried is heading into Tuesday’s Democratic primary for governor fighting for her political life against Rep.
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