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Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist to run for Congress

By CNW Reporter··1 min read
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist to run for Congress
Key Points(4)
  • <span style="font-weight: 400;">Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist has decided to return to the political wheelhouse, announcing on Tuesday his plans to run for Congress.
  • Crist, now a Democrat, is running in a district that is expected to lean Democratic and include all of St.
  • Petersburg, though its final shape has not been determined.
  • </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Christ was governor from 2007 until 2011.</span>

Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist has decided to return to the political wheelhouse, announcing on Tuesday his plans to run for Congress.

Mr. Crist, now a Democrat, is running in a district that is expected to lean Democratic and include all of St. Petersburg, though its final shape has not been determined.

Crist has lost two previous bids in statewide elections, most recently for state governor last year, when he ran against Governor Rick Scott, losing the close race after Scott spent almost $13m of his own money in the final week of the election to saturate Florida with television commercials.

Christ was governor from 2007 until 2011.

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