A humble greeting from a new member o/

[recovering_democrat]

6. old and new DU participant! Need state help mainly!

this username (recovering_democrat) was mine for multiple years prior to a tremendous upheaval in my personal life, resulting in move from life-long residence in Georgia to Sarasota FL in about 2011-2012. Only temporary for a while, now fully settled here and a Florida voter for this time.

My problem? first, i found that unlike Georgia, I cannot vote in primaries unless I register as a republican or democrat. Not knowing the people, I registered as an independent. Will change that as soon as possible but I need the help of DU to find the information I need to know what is going on in this state. No issue with Democrat support at national level, including getting rid of one of the seat warmers in the House who is my current congress-critter (Buchanan). I haven't heard much and mainly silence from most of the other local and county Dems. Including few choices in critical local races with current level of "unopposed". BTW, I don't vote for unopposed candidates usually unless they are Dems.

to start: Governor is AWFUL, Senator Rubio (tried to challenge Trump, turned out to be as chicken as the others in that party). In my county, the most races are unopposed Republicans, with a few Democratic candidates but I know nothing about them.

Like the person who started this post (I can't start one yet), I will become more and more active as I learn from the rest of the wonderful people on this site. Thank you for existing. Good to hear what you have to say, RexCasual.