A.G. Gancarski
Are Democrats worried about President Joe Biden’s ability to run in November and serve a second term?
Well, not all of them seem to be, based on the all-star roster that will be at some of 11 Biden campaign offices opening throughout the state of Florida.
While the campaign is keeping the locations of the offices before their openings secret from the public unless they are signed up to attend, some of the most familiar names in the state’s Democratic Party will be on hand to greet them Saturday and Sunday
In Duval County at 4 p.m., Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, City Councilman Rahman Johnson, and Duval County Democratic Chair Daniel Henry will greet Biden supporters, per advisories from the national Biden/Harris campaign and a public relations agency helping with the event.
Biden was the first Democrat to win Duval County since Jimmy Carter in 1976, and the election of Deegan in 2023 has been cited by Democrats as proof that they can win elections after the party got routed statewide during the 2022 cycle.
In Hillsborough County earlier this morning at 9:30 a.m., Hillsborough DEC Chairwoman Ione Townsend and state Representative Susan Valdés spoke at that office’s opening, meanwhile.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas was slated for that event, but wasn’t able to make it. At this writing, though, there are tentative plans for her to appear at an event in Pinellas County in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, South Florida Democrats have even more opportunities to meet former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
Solis, who was in the state for an event Friday, will be in Miami Gardens at 11 a.m. for a canvass kickoff with Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried.
From there, she heads to Coral Gables for a 2 p.m. meet and greet with a women’s group, where she will be joined by former state Rep. Annie Betancourt.
The activity continues on Sunday in Orange County, where Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Senator-elect Carlos G. Smith, and Representative Anna Eskamani will address Democrats at an event scheduled for 4 p.m.
7 comments
Nope
June 29, 2024 at 10:47 am
National and state Democrat leadership abandoned Florida like it was roadkill cycle after cycle, then they want to bum rush at the last minute and act like visiting dignitaries to a third world country. It’s long past time that resources and national leadership got serious about helping Florida, but once again feels like a singalong at the bedside of a hospice patient. As usual, too little, too late, too out of touch. I hope they enjoy their little visits.
MH/Duuuval
June 29, 2024 at 10:52 am
You comment suggests that the voters of Florida have no say in the matter, but watch and see if a wave of women voters change the tide. In any case, man up and do your duty in Nov. regardless.
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FSU Frat Boy
June 29, 2024 at 10:51 am
Jimmy Carter, Joe Biden, and Duval
County. So Joe was the first Democrat to
Win Duval County since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Not a statistic I would be proud of if I was a resident of that county.
MH/Duuuval
June 29, 2024 at 10:56 am
Jimmy Carter was an honest man, a rarity for US politicians from the South, and someone who grew intellectually and ethically as he got older. Reagan, who succeeded Carter, got senile but only after giving a massive tax cut to the wealthy and corporations — simultaneously cutting social services because of the deficit HE masterminded.
ScienceBLVR
June 29, 2024 at 12:30 pm
When I moved here in the 80’s, the late great Bob Graham was at the helm and FL was certainly bluish purple. I campaigned for Lawton Chiles, and his death in office was only 25 years ago. Snap of the fingers in time for someone my age. So it can happen here again…Boss says, “Show a little faith, there’s magic in the night”
SuzyQ
June 30, 2024 at 8:30 am
The emperor has no clothes; and every corporate news media outlet, its personalities and talking heads who have attested to the emperor’s cognitive qualifications and aptitude have been gaslighting the American people, in other words, lying. What else have they been lying to the American people about? The man should not have a driver’s license, much less the nuclear codes.