For one hour Monday night, Democrat Charlie Crist was on equal footing with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Literally — the two stood side by side on a stage in Fort Pierce, Florida, for the first and only scheduled debate in the Florida governor’s race.
Enormously outfunded and behind in the polls, Crist, a former U.S. representative, needed a game-changing debate performance. It’s unclear if he got one, as the two spent the hour sparring over everything from inflation to the pandemic to immigration.
