‘He’s a wannabe dictator’: Democrat has DeSantis in his sights in Florida primary

Charlie Crist, a former Republican, is campaigning for governor by warning about the dangers of Ron DeSantis and the far right

Charlie Crist exuded a smooth confidence as he bounded into the room, a conference hall at a teachers union building in downtown Tampa, Florida, earlier this month.

He may be facing a primary election to be the Democratic candidate in the next gubernatorial election, but Crist's focus seems already set on the general in November - and the far-right Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, he hopes to unseat.