
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis presented voters with a clear choice on Tuesday: do they want more of his brash brand of culture war politics or Democratic challenger Charlie Crist’s appeal to moderates.
A decisive Election Day victory over Crist, himself a former Republican governor of the state, would bolster DeSantis' status as a GOP rising star with potential White House aspirations. The race will also be the latest test of the state’s political drift to the right.