NIKKI FRIED’S CAMPAIGN IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND HATZEL VELA IS LIVE AT THE POLLING LOCATION
IN BROWARD COUNTY.
>> WE BEGIN WITH FRIED’S
OPPONENT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION,
GLENNA MILBERG IS LIVE WITH
THE CRIST CAMPAIGN IN ST.
PETERSBURG, GLENNA?
>> YOU KNOW CHARLIE CRIST HAS
HELD SO MANY POSITIONS IN HIS
CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND
POLITICS.
WHAT COUNTS TONIGHT IS IF
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN FLORIDA
BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE ONE WHO
IS BEST SELECTED TO TRY TO
UNSEAT RON DeSANTIS, THE
GOVERNOR, IN NOVEMBER.
>> THAT’S CHARLIE CRIST AT HIS
OWN PRECINCT THIS MORNING.
THAT’S ONE VOTE FOR THE
CANDIDATE CONSIDERED
FRONT-RUNNER.
>> A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
IS ON THE BALLOT, DEMOCRACY IS
ON THIS BALLOT.
SO MUCH IS AT STAKE IN THIS
ELECTION.
>> HE’S AHEAD IN MONEY,
ENDORSEMENTS AND MOST POLLING.
CRIST’S BATTING WITH NIKKI
FRIED HAS GOTTEN MORE HEATED
IN THIS 11TH HOUR.
>> I THINK WE’LL GET CROSS
OVER REPUBLICANS THAT ARE
DISSATISFIED WITH GOVERNOR
DeSANTIS.
>> A MUCH LOWER PUBLIC PROFILE
TODAY FOR THE CANDIDATE WHO
CALLS HIMSELF THE HAPPY
WARRIOR.
>> I’M FROM ST. PETE, SO I
GREW UP KNOWING CHARLIE.
>> SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE’S ON A
FIRST NAME BASIS WITH HIM
HERE.
>> AND THAT’S HOW HE LIKES IT.
>> CRIST WAS FLORIDA’S FORMER
REPUBLICAN EDUCATION
COMMISSIONER, ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND THEN GOVERNOR.
NOW A DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN
WHO’S EVOLVING POLITICS AND
PARTY CHANGE HAS BEEN USED
AGAINST HIM, BUT ALSO TO
SUPPORT HIM.
AND AS THE SITTING CONGRESSMAN
FOR THIS DISTRICT, CHARLIE
CRIST DID HAVE ONE APPEARANCE
TODAY OVER IN TAMPA WITH
FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE NOT
SEEN CHARLIE CRIST ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN HIS
HOMETOWN.
HE HASN’T BEEN OUT AT
PRECINCTS.
THAT IS VERY UNUSUAL FOR CRIST
IN THE MANY, MANY ELECTIONS
THAT HE’S BEEN IN IN THE PAST
SEVERAL DECADES.
I’M GLENNA MILBERG LIVE IN ST.
PETERSBURG TODAY, LOCAL 10
NEWS.
>> LOW PROFILE TODAY.
THANKS, GLENNA.
NOW LET’S TAKE YOU TO FORT
LAUDERDALE WHERE CRIST’S
OPPONENT, NIKKI FRIED, WILL BE
WATCHING RETURNS TONIGHT.
>> LOCAL 10’S SANELA SABOVIC
IS LIVE TO CONTINUE OUR TEAM
COVERAGE TODAY, SANELA?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, WE’RE
LIVE HERE FROM REVOLUTION LIVE
IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE.
THIS IS WHERE NIKKI FRIED IS
HOSTING HER WATCH PARTY THIS
EVENING
EVENING.
EVENING EVENING. THE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER
ISN’T HERE JUST YET BECAUSE
HE’S OUT AT POLLING LOCATIONS
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TRYING TO
DRUM UP THAT LAST MINUTE
SUPPORT.
BUT SHE DID HAVE SOME WORDS
FOR GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS, THE
MAN SHE’S HOPING TO UNSEAT IN
NOVEMBER.
SAYING THAT HE KEPT HER FROM
CAMPAIGNING TODAY.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS ON
THIS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY FOR
AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER NIKKI
FRIED WAS TO VOTE.
SHE CAST HER BALLOT IN
TALLAHASSEE BEFORE ATTENDING A
CABINET MEETING, A MEETING SHE
CLAIMS GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS
SCHEDULED TO KEEP HER AWAY
FROM CAMPAIGNING TODAY.
THE TWO HAD SOME WORDS FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
>> HE’S SCARED OF ME WINNING
TONIGHT AND SO WAS DOING
EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO
KEEP ME OFF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
TODAY, BRING ME UP HERE.
IT’S UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS IS
ONLY OUR SECOND CABINET
MEETING OF THE YEAR.
AND IF I KNOW THIS GOVERNOR,
IT’S PROBABLY GONNA BE OUR
LAST ONE.
>> SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
BEING THE ONLY DEMOCRAT
ELECTED STATEWIDE TO EXERCISE
SOME LEADERSHIP AND GET SOME
THINGS DONE, INSTEAD SHE’S
USED HER TIME TO BASICALLY TRY
TO SMEAR ME ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> THAT MEETING DIDN’T PREVENT
FRIED FROM VISITING A POLLING
SITE IN WELLINGTON THIS
AFTERNOON AS SHE DRUMMED UP
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, SHE SAYS THE FIRST
ORDER OF BUSINESS IF SHE’S
ELECTED AS FLORIDA’S FIRST
FEMALE GOVERNOR WILL BE TO
DECLARE AN EMERGENCY FOR
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTHCARE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STAGE
IS SET HERE FOR THE FRIED
CAMPAIGN.
HER SLOGAN UP ON THE BIG
MONITOR.
WE’VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN
SOMETHING NEW, PLASTERED ALL
OVER HER BUS TOUR.
AND AGAIN, THE MEANING BEHIND
THIS IS THAT CHARLIE CRIST IS
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME OLD, SAME
OLD.
SHE IS A NEW FACE AND SHE IS
THE ONE TO BEAT GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS, ACCORDING TO HER.
BUT AGAIN, SHE HAS TO GET
THROUGH CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE
CRIST.
WE’LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE HOW THE EVENING UNFOLDS.
WE’LL BE HERE AND BRING YOU
ALL OF THE LATEST UPDATES.
FOR NOW THAT’S THE VERY LATEST