Central Florida Democrats hold Get Out The Vote rally in Orlando

Two prominent Orlando Democrats are leading a get out the vote rally for local political candidates Sunday afternoon ahead of Tuesday’s Primary Election.

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost and state Rep. Anna V. Eskamani are hosting the 2 p.m. rally at the Credo Conduit, located at 1001 Orange Ave., in Orlando.

Frost and Eskamani are recruiting volunteers to canvass Central Florida neighborhoods while encouraging local voters to hit the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots in key Primary races, and for candidates and issues up and down the ballot. Early voting has already been taking place in most Florida counties for about two weeks already.

The Democrats say they are trying to capitalize on momentum from the announcement in late July that Vice President Kamala Harris would attempt take over as the Democratic nominee for President after current President Joe Biden announced he would bow out of the campaign and endorsed Harris. She’s now the presumptive nominee after no other Democrat emerged to challenge her for the nomination. The Democratic ticket gained more momentum after Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would be her running mate.

“As Florida sees record numbers of volunteers and a shift in momentum for the Harris-Walz campaign, many of these volunteers are building coalitions to rally for federal and state Democratic candidates and candidates in non-partisan local elections,” a news release for Sunday’s event said.

Harris is preparing for the Democratic National Convention which begins Monday in Chicago.

Many Democrats believe the shift from Biden to Harris has put Florida, which has 1 million more registered Republican voters than Democrats, back in play. But Republican nominee for President, Donald Trump, has dominated voting in Florida in both 2016 and in 2020, when he won the Sunshine State, but lost the election overall to Biden.

Other Democrats to attend Sunday afternoon’s rally include, U.S. Senate candidate and Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, Orange County Commissioner Nicole Wilson, state Sen. Geraldine Thompson, state Rep. Rita Harris and Orange County School Board candidate for District 6 Stephanie Vanos.