Florida Democrats are set to choose a new party leader after a disastrous midterm performance in the onetime presidential battleground state.
FILE - Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried pauses after conceding the race to Rep. Charlie Crist, Aug. 23, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Florida Democrats on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, are set to choose a new party leader after a disastrous midterm performance in the onetime presidential battleground state.
Party members will select the new chair at a special meeting in Maitland, an Orlando suburb. They are picking a replacement for Manny Diaz,. In his resignation letter, he listed a number of problems facing the party, including a lack of resources and volunteers and poor messaging. Democrats performed particularly poorly with Latinos in Florida compared to previous years. Miami-Dade, the state’s most populous county, is home to 1.5 million Latinos of voting age.
Taddeo, 55, who served as a state senator from 2017 to 2022, says she wants a year-round effort to mobilize young voters and to register voters without outsourcing that job to other groups. She also says the party must conduct more outreach to Black and Hispanic communities.
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