Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist lost the race for Florida governor as the Democratic candidate in 2022. He served as a U.S. congressman from St. Petersburg since 2017 and resigned Aug. 31, 2022 to focus on his campaign. As a Republican, Crist served as governor from 2007 to 2011. Crist left the Republican Party in 2010 to mount a campaign for the U.S. Senate as an independent. Crist lost the race to Marco Rubio. In 2012, he endorsed President Barack Obama and announced that he had registered as a Democrat. He lost his race as a Democratic candidate for governor in 2014.
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"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."
"When I was your governor, we reduced insurance rates by 10%."
Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations."
Ron DeSantis "opposes any background checks on guns, even for violent criminals."
"Ron DeSantis still hasn't condemned the Jan. 6 insurrection."
“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
Says he has “always” believed “in a woman’s right to choose.”
“New Jersey and Maryland produce more solar power than Florida, the Sunshine State!”
Ron DeSantis let "millions of COVID-19 tests expire."
"In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the…