2022 Florida Gubernatorial Election

After U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist clinched the Democratic gubernatorial nomination for Florida governor, the Republican Party of Florida aired an ad bashing his support of President Joe Biden.

The 30-second ad, which aired in English and Spanish, tied Crist to Biden on crime and new money for the IRS.

"Charlie Crist thinks Joe Biden is the best president of his lifetime," the Aug. 24 campaign ad said. It went on to claim Crist "supports Biden’s agenda to defund the police," and that he "teamed up with Biden to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to audit the middle class." 

Florida voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to determine which candidates will have the chance to face off in this November’s general election. Voters will cast ballots in races for the governorship and Congress, all the way down to circuit courts and local school boards.

A special congressional election in upstate New York on Tuesday could offer a unique window into whether abortion access is animating voters as much as Democrats hope it can.

Republican Marc Molinaro and Democrat Pat Ryan are squaring off this week in New York’s 19th Congressional District, which former Rep. Antonio Delgado vacated in May to become the state’s lieutenant governor.

The big question on Florida Democrats’ minds: Can they beat Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)?

The party’s voters on Tuesday are set to choose between Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a former Republican governor who’s making his second attempt at reclaiming his old office, and state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the lone statewide elected Democrat, in the primary to challenge DeSantis this fall. 

Democratic candidate Rep. Val Demings is leading GOP Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida's tight U.S. Senate race, while Nikki Fried tops opponents as most likely candidate to challenge Gov. Ron DeSantis in the November midterms, according to a new poll.

The University of North Florida released the results of a survey Tuesday that revealed Florida voters' choices for the state's gubernatorial and Senate primary races, while also looking ahead to November.

Nikki Fried believes this should be her year to advance to a one-on-one battle against Florida’s ambitious governor, Republican Ron DeSantis.

Her pitch: Democrats need to motivate voters with a fiery liberal message — protecting abortion rights, legalizing marijuana and capping skyrocketing rent prices — if the nominee stands a chance against DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential contender trying to position himself as the next leader of the nation’s conservative movement.

The poll also found the Governor with solid approval ratings.

A Florida Chamber of Commerce poll shows Gov. Ron DeSantis in position to win re-election against either major Democrat running.

Cherry Communications polled the Republican incumbent in hypothetical head-to-head matchups and found a slight majority of respondents favoring him regardless. Against Nikki Fried, DeSantis polls at 50% while she takes 43% of the vote.

Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried largely agree on many issues. Their biggest point of contention is each other.

As Crist, a member of Congress from St. Petersburg, and Agriculture Commissioner Fried battle in the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary on Aug. 23, each says he or she is better equipped to defeat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.

Ron DeSantis may face a sterner test to be re-elected in the midterms than expected, with the Florida governor's "polarizing nature" potentially putting off voters, according to pollsters.

A survey conducted by the Progress Florida and Florida Watch groups said that while DeSantis is still expected to be voted back into office in November, his lead is not as insurmountable as expected.

According to the poll, 48 percent of likely voters say they will support DeSantis in November, only five percentage points ahead of any potential Democratic candidate on 43 percent.

On November 8, Floridians will take to the polls to vote in the state's gubernatorial election.

Incumbent and front-runner Ron DeSantis released his first tv spot of his re-election campaign on Thursday with a powerful ad highlighting the most memorable aspects of his governorship.

The governor's wife posted the ad to Twitter, noting that he "has received thousands of letters from across the state and around the world thanking him for his leadership."

"I can tell you this," she added, "he's only begun to fight."