JUST IN: Florida Democrats selected former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried as their new party chair on Saturday.
FILE - Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried speaks during an interview on April 21, 2022, at the Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami. Florida Democrats selected former state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried as their new party chair on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Fried outdistanced former state Sen. Annette Taddeo at a special meeting of party members in suburban Orlando, and will replace Manny Diaz.
Fried, 45, outdistanced former state Sen. Annette Taddeo at a special meeting of party members in suburban Orlando, and will replace Manny Diaz. In his letter last month, he listed a number of problems facing the party, including a lack of resources and volunteers and poor messaging.and Taddeo to U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar in November.
Within the past few years, Republicans have erased the voter registration advantage in Florida that Democrats held for decades. In the midterm election, longtime Democratic strongholds such as
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