HIALEAH, Fla. — Karla Hernandez-Mats stood beside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist as his running mate for the first time on Saturday at an event at Hialeah Middle School, the same school where the Miami teachers union president taught special education for 10 years.
The event was to formally announce Crist’s running mate for the November election, though CBS Miami broke news of the choice the day before.
“She wasn’t just a teacher, she was a teacher of special needs children,” Crist said Saturday in his speech to a crowd of both Miami and Broward teachers’ union members, supporters and local Democratic politicians. “Caring, loving, empathetic, compassionate. That’s what we don’t have in the governor’s office right now. And that’s what you deserve.”
