Alex Sink endorses Nikki Fried for Ag. Commissioner

Alex Sink endorses Nikki Fried

Alex Sink, “the last Democratic member of the Florida Cabinet,” has endorsed Democrat Nikki Fried to be the next Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Sink, of Thonotosassa, was the state’s chief financial officer 2007-11. She ran for governor in 2010 and lost narrowly to current incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Scott.

“I trust Nikki Fried to steer this state in the right direction,” Sink said in a Friday email. “I am certain that she will do what’s right for all Floridians and that’s why I’m endorsing her … We need her to protect our civil rights and preserve public lands.”

Fried, a lawyer and lobbyist specializing in medical marijuana clients, filed to run for Agriculture Commissioner this month after flirting with a run for governor.

She so far has focused on gun control and – unsurprisingly – easing access to medicinal cannabis.

Sink’s 50-second endorsement video on YouTube is below.

Jim Rosica

Jim Rosica is the Tallahassee-based Senior Editor for Florida Politics. He previously was the Tampa Tribune’s statehouse reporter. Before that, he covered three legislative sessions in Florida for The Associated Press. Jim graduated from law school in 2009 after spending nearly a decade covering courts for the Tallahassee Democrat, including reporting on the 2000 presidential recount. He can be reached at [email protected].


One comment

  • Sam Gardner

    June 29, 2018 at 1:18 pm

    “State pension moneys being invested wisely” (0:33) is the State Board of Administration, not the full Cabinet. Alex Sink sat on the State Board herself as the CFO, along with the Gov and the AG, but the Commissioner of Agriculture is excluded from that board.

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