Democrats face growing hurdles in bid to oust DeSantis – By Max Greenwood (The Hill) / Oct 25 2021
The race for Florida governor is entering a new, more hectic phase – one that threatens to further complicate Democrats’ path to ousting Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in 2022.
With state Sen. Annette Taddeo’s long-anticipated entrance into the Democratic primary field this week, the party is staring down a potentially contentious nominating contest that could hobble its ability to coalesce behind a single candidate to take on DeSantis, a rising Republican star and one of the left’s most-detested boogeymen.
At the same time, Democrats are grappling with a deep financial disadvantage against the sitting governor that could make it difficult to compete next year, especially if no single candidate breaks away from the pack before the 2022 primary. DeSantis’s political committee has more than $58 million in the bank – roughly 20 times as much as his nearest Democratic rivals.
“Really, Republicans have this consolidated funding and support behind DeSantis, which just isn’t something we have right now,” one Florida Democratic insider said. “He will be very difficult to beat. This is going to be a titanic task, but failure is not an option.”
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