FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Three Democrats — Charlie Crist, Nikki Fried and Annette Taddeo — are vigorously competing for what in many ways is an unenviable job: running as the Democratic nominee against Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.
The nominee Democrats choose in the Aug. 23 primary could become Florida’s next governor.
Six months before primary day, they’re all running behind DeSantis in public opinion polls and money. DeSantis enjoys enormous popularity among the Republican Party base in an increasing red state and has a Donald Trump-like ability to command attention and dominate the news.
