Jacob Ogles
Less than 40 days out from the General Election, national Democrats are investing in Florida after all.
That’s the news from the Florida Democratic Party (FDP). Members highlighted a number of last-minute investments from outside the Sunshine State. That includes a $400,000 investment in Florida Democratic Party efforts, a multimillion-dollar campaign boosting U.S. Senate nominee Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and the recent addition of congressional candidate Whitney Fox to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Red To Blue program.
“We have been saying it all along, don’t count Florida out,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried, “and I’m excited to say that the message has been heard, and help is finally on its way.”
Florida Republicans scoffed at the investment, saying all signs remain clear that Florida has become a solidly red state.
“I’ve always said Florida is the Democrats’ fool’s gold,” Evan Power, Republican Party of Florida Chair, told radio host Drew Steele.
“They always come out. I think Nikki Fried’s trying to sell a comms strategy to make herself look more powerful. Let’s dig into the numbers. We have 1,050,000 more registered Republicans. Now’s the time we’re going to have to turn them out.”
Fried said the fresh investments will help counter gains in Republican registrations in recent years.
“It is putting the infrastructure and more boots on the ground knocking on doors,” she said. “As you continue to hear from me, time and time again, we’ve hit 1.5 million doors. We have made close to 6.3 million phone calls, 13 million text messages. This gives us the groundswell, the people on the ground, to help organize.”
A push for Mucarsel-Powell on TV airwaves could also soon help close the gap in increasingly close polls.
Of course, a press call also discussed hurricane recovery after Helene hit the state — and the degree to which that could shape politics in the state in coming weeks. Many credit Gov. Ron DeSantis’ response to Hurricane Ian in 2022 for his landslide re-election. Will response to Helene help U.S. Sen. Rick Scott or U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, the Republican incumbents Mucarsel-Powell and Fox hope to displace?
Fried said Democrats will discuss how Republican policies, including under Scott during two terms as Governor, have made the state more vulnerable to natural disasters.
“We refused to actually find solutions to the insurance crisis by having insurance companies coming into the state under-capitalized,” Fried said. “And then we move forward to Ron DeSantis, who now has physically taken climate change out of the Florida Statutes. And now we have even a bigger debacle when it comes to our insurance crisis. And he continues to say the solution is to knock on wood and hope a hurricane doesn’t hit. But hurricanes have hit and continue to hit.”
13 comments
Cheesy Floridian
September 30, 2024 at 2:01 pm
We shall see in about a month what is going to happen. Either 2022 was showing us the future of Florida or it was an outlier. I believe it was an outlier and the state will be a lot closer to a purple color than a solid red or blue. I think democrats and left leaning to very center people will come out in support of independent and democratic candidates. And it might not be because Democrats have better policies but more because we are tired of the GOP.
Phil Morton
September 30, 2024 at 2:08 pm
So far, Florida Democrats are outvoting Republicans. So there’s that. Add in NPAs and Others and Republicans are getting swamped.
Bobblehead Kammy
September 30, 2024 at 2:14 pm
Ha! Ha! Keep telling yourself that. There are more registered Repubs in Florida than Demos. That is like saying Kalifornia is turning Red. Hilarious
Henry Lerner
September 30, 2024 at 2:45 pm
“There are more registered Repubs in Florida than Demos.”
And? That has been the case for a long time. It was the case when Obama won Florida twice.
BTW, i’m a Registered Republican. And there is absolutley no way in hell I would vote for Donald Trump. I’m a parent. I have kids. I can’t vote for a rapist and child molester and still look them in the eyes and tell them I love them. The only people left in Trump’s base are those who support pedophilia and rape. I’m not one of those people.
Bobblehead Kammy
September 30, 2024 at 2:47 pm
God a pray your son isn’t a pussy like you.
Henry Lerner
September 30, 2024 at 2:50 pm
Thank you for making your stance clear. You support child rape. Got it. This does appear to be the official platform of the GOP and a large reason I left.
Have you been to Epstein Island too? Trump has.
How many 13 year old girls have you raped Bobblehead?
PeterH
September 30, 2024 at 3:16 pm
Trump is simply a horrible human being and a horrible role model for America’s young people.
A day without Libturds
September 30, 2024 at 2:37 pm
You blue cultists are delusional.
Henry Lerner
September 30, 2024 at 2:48 pm
Donald Trump raped a 13 year old and then told her he’d have her killed if she told anybody. Her name is Katie Johnson.
Trump denies this, but of course, he’s lying.
If you still support Trump. you support child rape, human trafficking and pedophelia. There’s no other way around it.
Bobblehead Kammy
September 30, 2024 at 3:45 pm
Your story is BS. All lawsuits have been dismissed or withdrawn. The publicist that brought this story forward was eventually identified as a producer for the Jerry Springer show. This smells like another Jussie Smollet story.
Phil Morton
September 30, 2024 at 2:56 pm
There’s nothing delusional about Florida Democrats are outvoting Republicans, so far. Them’s the facts.
Bobblehead Kammy
September 30, 2024 at 3:37 pm
Yes and Val Demings was going to beat Marco Rubio. Hilarious.
Michael
September 30, 2024 at 3:49 pm
We have the Republican Party Chair and his obsequious legions here touting the 1,050,000 “active” voting plurality as some sort of sensible rebuttal to the 1-2% polling differentials. Someone who actually graduated from high school should explain to this denizen of Everglades dwellers that plurality should beget a 20% polling margin prima facie.