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Vishnu's avatar

Oh ok. Dems do need to get better at SFL, but imo there is more growth opportunity in Jax and Tampa area with Bean, APL and Lee seats. They need to convince Charlie Christ to come back and run for his old seat vs APL lol.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Democrats did win the Jacksonville Mayoral Election back in 2023 by electing Donna Deegan so it's still possible. However, they need to do more just elect Mayors.

I don't know about Charlie Crist running for FL-13 again, especially considering it's a R+5 Lean Republican District now. His problem is that he cannot be counted on to stick to a political career path without it catapulting him further up the ladder.

Crist didn't even run for re-election as Governor back in 2010 but he also didn't run for re-election as Attorney General back in 2006. He did get elected to represent FL-13 back in 2016 by unseating David Jolly but then after serving three terms goes back to running for Governor again, a race he lost back in 2014. If he were elected to FL-13, how long would he serve?

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Vishnu's avatar

I think he would stay there for good, considering he doesnt have any pull statewide at all.

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Zero Cool's avatar

Yeah, I think it was a mistake for Crist to run for Governor in 2022 and resign his House seat to focus on the race.

On the other hand, to my understanding FL-13 has moved more to the right since then. It's a Lean Republican District and could be winnable again but Crist would need a strong pull from independents and moderates (not just from Democrats) if he wants to unseat Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.

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