VIOLENCE. WE’VE REACHED OUT TO POLICE FOR INFORMATION ON THIS AND
WE’LL BRING YOU ANY UPDATES AS
SOON AS THEY COME IN.
>> THREE HOURS UNTIL THE POLLS
CLOSE ON THIS PRIMARY DAY.
ALL EYES ON THE BIGGEST RACE
BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
CHARLIE CRIST AND NIKKI FRIED
HAVE DUKED IT OUT ON THE AIR
WAVES AND IN A DEBATE AND NOW
THEY’RE TAKING IT TO THE
BALLOT.
>> THE CANDIDATES ARE TRYING
TO UNSEAT INCUMBENT GOVERNOR
RON DeSANTIS.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
WITH OUR CREWS SPREAD OUT
COVERING EVERY RACE.
>> WE BEGIN WITH LOCAL 10’S
GLENNA MILBERG LIVE IN ST.
PETE WITH THE CHARLIE CRIST
CAMPAIGN, GLENNA?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, ST.
PETERSBURG IS VERY MUCH
CHARLIE CRIST TERRITORY.
HE’S LIVED HERE SINCE HE WAS A
KID.
PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW HIM AS A
NEIGHBOR.
IT’S NOT SUCH A BIG PLACE.
IN ELECTION’S PAST, AND THERE
HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF THEM FOR
HIM, HE’S BEEN OUT AT THE
PRECINCTS AND SHAKING HANDS
AND SAYING HELLO.
BUT TODAY HE ACTUALLY KEPT A
PRETTY LOW PUBLIC PROFILE.
THERE’S ONE VOTE FOR CHARLIE
CRIST.
>> A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
IS ON THE BALLOT.
DEMOCRACY IS ON THIS BALLOT.
IT’S GOTTEN MORE HEATED IN
THIS HOUR FOR THE CANDIDATE
WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE HAPPY
WARRIOR.
>> I’M FROM ST. PETE, SO I
GREW UP KNOWING CHARLIE.
>> SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE IS ON A
FIRST NAME BASIS WITH HIM
HERE.
>> THAT’S HOW HE LIKES IT.
>> CRIST NOW A DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSMAN WHO’S EVOLVING
POLITICS AND PARTY CHANGE HAS
BEEN USED AGAINST HIM BUT ALSO
TO SUPPORT HIM.
>> I TRUST CHARLIE CRIST.
>> BECAUSE?
>> BECAUSE OF HIS RECORD, I
GUESS.
HE HAS CHANGED OVER TIME, BUT
THAT’S GOOD.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER CHANGE.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES,
AS YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO
FLORIDA VOTERS AND ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO DEMOCRATS VOTING
IN THIS PRIMARY.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE
FLORIDA GOVERNOR’S PRIMARY,
THE OVERARCHING ISSUE FOR
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS IS WHO WILL
BE THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO BEAT RON DeSANTIS IN
NOVEMBER.
SO WE’RE GONNA SEE WHAT
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN FLORIDA
THINK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.
I’M GLENNA MILBERG LIVE IN ST.
PETERSBURG TODAY, LOCAL 10
NEWS
>> THANKS, GLENNA.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE TURNS TO
LOCAL 10’S SANELA SABOVIC LIVE
IN FORT LAUDERDALE WITH NIKKI
FRIED’S CAMPAIGN, SANELA?
>> THAT’S RIGHT, NICOLE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, WE’RE AT
REVOLUTION LIVE IN DOWNTOWN
FORT LAUDERDALE WHERE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER NIKKI
FRIED WILL HAVE HER WATCH
PARTY THIS EVENING.
SHE’S NOT HERE NOW BECAUSE
SHE’S BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UNLIKE HER
OPPONENT.
SHE’S BEEN VISITING NUMEROUS
POLLING SITES, SHE CAST HER
BALLOT FIRST THING IN THE
MORNING IN TALLAHASSEE BEFORE
SHE HAD TO ATTEND A RATHER
UNUSUAL CABINET MEETING, AS
SHE CALLS IT.
BUT SHE’S MAKING HER WAY
ACROSS THE STATE TRYING TO GET
TO THOSE LAST MINUTE VOTERS.
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS ON
THIS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY --
SHE CLAIMS GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS SCHEDULED THIS
MEETING TO KEEP HER FROM
CAMPAIGNING TODAY.
ONCE THAT MEETING CONCLUDED,
IT WAS A BUSY DAY TRYING TO
DRUM UP SOME LAST MINUTE
SUPPORT FROM DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
BEFORE HITTING ANOTHER POLLING
LOCATION IN LAUDERHILL.
WHILE CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE
CRIST HAS SPENT THREE DECADES
IN AND OUT OF POLITICAL
OFFICE, FRIED SAYS FLORIDA
VOTERS ARE TIRED OF THE SAME
OLD, THAT SHE IS THE CANDIDATE
WHO WILL BRING SOMETHING NEW
TO THE TABLE.
SHE WANTS TO IMPROVE THE
ECONOMY, EDUCATION, STRENGTHEN
GUN SAFETY AND SHE WANTS TO
PROTECT A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE.
IN FACT, FRIED SAYS THE FIRST
ORDER OF BUSINESS, IF ELECTED,
WILL BE TO DECLARE AN
EMERGENCY FOR WOMEN’S
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE.
BACK OUT LIVE, WE’RE HERE AT
REVOLUTION LIVE IN FORT
LAUDERDALE WHERE NIKKI FRIED’S
CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE THEIR WATCH
PARTY.
YOU SEE THE STAGE IS SET.
HER SLOGAN UP THERE "SOMETHING
NEW, NICKI FOR GOVERNOR."
HER CAMPAIGN IS GETTING
EVERYTHING ALL SET FOR THE
EVENING.
WE’LL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT BRINGING YOU ALL THE
LATEST NUMBERS AND
INFORMATION.
FOR NOW, THAT’S THE VERY
LATEST HERE OUT OF FORT
LAUDERDALE, SANELA SABOVIC,
LOCAL .10 NEWS.