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hay rick

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25. Not my first, second, or third pick.

Tue May 4, 2021, 01:00 PM

May 2021

I am involved with the Florida Democratic Party and had a closeup view of his inept 2014 campaign for governor. I have no reason to expect him to run a more capable campaign this time around. Also, he is an incumbent congressman in a purple district which could go the other way if it's an open seat. Of course, he may be motivated by a belief that redistricting will be used to push his seat out of reach. Val Demings comes from a bluer area and would not pose the same risk to the congressional delegation.

My order of preference at this point is Demings or Eskamani, Fried, and then Charlie. I really like Anna Eskamani, but she is not as well known as Demings and her Iranian heritage is a wild card in a statewide race. I'm OK with Nikki but I doubt that we hold the cabinet-level Commissioner of Agriculture if she runs for governor.

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Rep. Charlie Crist announces run for Florida governor [View all] brooklynite May 2021 OP

Well, it sounds like an uphill climb, but damn, I hope he can be successful. hlthe2b May 2021 #1

Good luck! . . Lovie777 May 2021 #2

I have Rebl2 May 2021 #8

His is a sisyphean effort. He's probably the best Florida can get. ancianita May 2021 #3

He might be able to peel off repub votes flamingdem May 2021 #4

Wouldn't that also mean, his house seat will be "Open". Omnipresent May 2021 #5

No, unless a dem is a guaranteed win, about which I have no idea HUAJIAO May 2021 #26

Possibly FBaggins May 2021 #30

2 House seats...Val Demmings. ProudMNDemocrat May 2021 #6

Demmings' district (as currently constituted) is solidly blue Jose Garcia May 2021 #12

He was a decent Republican governor snowybirdie May 2021 #7

Oh God no, he'll do worse than Gillum obamanut2012 May 2021 #9

But he has actually won before JI7 May 2021 #11

true. rockfordfile May 2021 #17

As a Republican Polybius May 2021 #19

But he's also lost once since then (2014) and DeSantis seems like a stronger candidate than Scott. BlueStater May 2021 #20

Hoping Demings will jcgoldie May 2021 #31

Running as a Dem IronLionZion May 2021 #10

The party pretty much cleared the field for him last time Jose Garcia May 2021 #13

Baseball recycles managers and politics recycles politicians. sarcasmo May 2021 #14

What works, works. Christ can win, and that is very important. Stuart G May 2021 #15

I like the guy, but he lost to the utterly charisma-free Rick Scott. BlueStater May 2021 #16

Good! ananda May 2021 #18

I would rather see Nikki Fried get the nomination mcar May 2021 #21

Or Gwen Graham for one of the posts csziggy May 2021 #22

Graham would be great too mcar May 2021 #23

It would be extremely hard for me if Crist gets the nomination csziggy May 2021 #24

You would let DeathSentence get reelected? mcar May 2021 #27

That's what would be hard for me csziggy May 2021 #29

I've lived in FL since 1992 mcar May 2021 #32

I've lived in Florida all my life csziggy May 2021 #34

Not my first, second, or third pick. hay rick May 2021 #25

I like Eskamani too mcar May 2021 #28

Fried has more charisma than any of them Cetacea May 2021 #33

Any chance pressbox69 May 2021 #35