Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has a 5 percent lead over Crist in the latest poll conducted by Insider Advantage and WOFL Fox 35 Orlando, leading 50-45 over Charlie Crist, a former Republican who served only one term as Florida Governor after a failed Senate campaign for the 2010 midterm. Crist left the Republican Primary as Marco Rubio was dominating him in primary polling. Crist ran as an independent yet still lost to Rubio in the general election that year. Crist tried another run for the Governor’s office in 2014, but lost to then Governor Rick Scott. The lone victory in Crist’s campaign resume for the past 10 years was his 2016 win for Florida’s 13th Congressional District.
DeSantis enjoys staunch support from his own party and leads Crist among every age group surveyed, according to his poll. However, Crist carries a slight lead among independent voters, according to Insider Advantage founder Matt Towery.
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