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Florida congressman Charlie Crist expected to announce bid for governor next week

2021-05-04

[PALMBEACHPOST] Charlie Crist
...the politically androgynous former governor of Florida...
, the state’s former Republican governor turned Democratic congressman, is expected to announce next week that he’s making a second run for governor as a Democrat.
"Jr. OrangeMan Bad"
Crist said in a recent television interview that he is considering running for governor and tweeted Saturday that he will make a "major announcement" on May 4 in his home town of St. Petersburg.

Crist won the governor’s mansion as a Republican in 2006 after many years in GOP politics. He decided not to seek a second term, instead running in 2010 for a U.S. Senate seat, which he lost to Sen. Marco Rubio
...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida....

In 2014 Crist tried to mount a comeback as a Democrat, losing the governor’s race to former Gov. Rick Scott, who is now a U.S. senator.

Crist won a U.S. House seat in 2016 and has twice been reelected, but his Tampa Bay area district could be significantly redrawn during the upcoming redistricting effort.

While Crist may be the first to announce, there is expected to be a crowded Democratic primary field in the governor’s race this year. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is a likely candidate, and U.S. Rep. Val Demings also is contemplating running.

Joe <q>The Big Guy</q> Biden

Crist, 64, was considered a moderate Republican during his time as governor, promoting green energy
... the attempt to produce energy without using fossil fuel. The preferred methods are solar, wind, geothermal, phlogiston, philosophers' stones, and rattling bears' teeth. The approach with the most promise involves attaching generators to perpetual motion machines, but using Words of Power to summon energy-rich demons may also work. The green in the term refers to the vast number of dollars that have been thrown at the problem since 1973 with indifferent results...
and making it easier for felons to get their voting rights restored. That image hurt him in the GOP primary against Rubio.

Crist has continued to promote a centrist image as a Democrat, joining the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of centrist Democrats in Congress. He was an early supporter of President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
during the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

Posted by:Fred

#6 he has voted with Pelosi on every single significant issue

yes he has promoted himself as a moderate but

1. that might hurt him in the dem primary

and

2. he is NOT a moderate and in a general election that would come out

Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-05-04 15:35

#5 Blue Dog?
I think the last time I heard that term was around the first time I heard Neocon.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-05-04 11:04

#4 Crist has continued to promote a centrist image as a Democrat, joining the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of centrist Democrats in Congress.

Just like 'Veterans for Obama' - how small is that group?

Posted by: Raj 2021-05-04 09:48

#3 Maybe get a chin and Principles implant?

Posted by: Frank G 2021-05-04 08:47

#2 What a loser.

Posted by: Dacama 2021-05-04 08:00

#1 Just guessing, he probably isn't going to automatically pick up all Gillum voters.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-05-04 07:40

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