Florida Democrats Pick Rep. Crist To Challenge Desantis
By choosing Crist, Florida Democrats sided with a candidate supported by many in the party establishment who saw him as the safest choice, even after he lost the previous two statewide elections. The 66-year-old moderate, who served as Florida’s Republican governor a decade ago, is hoping to woo voters in Florida’s crowded suburbs as Democrats try to reverse the losing streak in a state that was recently seen as a perennial political battleground....