Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried announced the launch of a “Take Back Florida” August statewide tour, with a commitment to invest $1 million in voter registration efforts and plans to stop at 18 counties across the state over the next month.
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried will criss-cross the state with local elected officials and party leaders from August 2nd-30th in her first statewide tour since being elected as Chair earlier this year. She also couldn’t miss the opportunity for a political attack on Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who is actively campaigning for President outside of Florida.
“This tour is about firing up Floridians and empowering them with the tools and training to help take back our state,” Chair Fried said. “Unlike Ron DeSantis, we are actually here – working on the ground and talking to voters about the issues they really care about.”
Chair Fried re-allocated $1 million of the party’s budget to boost voter registration efforts, including through grants to local Democratic Executive Committees (DECs) in one of her first actions as Chair, declaring a turf war against the GOP with a commitment to continuing to fund field organizing on the ground year-round.
The Florida Democrats’ tour will stop at 18 counties including Broward, Collier, Duval, Escambia, Gilchrist, Hernando, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lee, Leon, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Seminole, St. Lucie and Volusia.
“We are going to take back Florida by showing up in every corner and building a grassroots coalition that is going to mobilize to register voters, re-enroll Floridians back to vote-by-mail, and organize the people in their community,” Chair Fried added.
According to the Democratic Party, the Take Back Florida Tour details will be updated online.
UPDATE: Florida Democrats Celebrate Successful First Week of Take Back Florida Tour in Central Florida
Randy Ross. Another political “tourist “ craving attention.