David Jolly, a former Republican congressman, is running for Florida governor — as a Democrat.
He formally announced his candidacy Thursday morning, becoming the first prominent Democrat to do so. Jolly, who gained a national profile after losing his House seat in 2016 as an anti-Trump MSNBC regular, changed his voter registration from “no party affiliation” to Democrat in late April.
Republicans already have their campaign playbook against Jolly: He’s a “flip-flopping political relic” and “slick opportunist,” Florida Republican Party Chairman Evan Power wrote in a statement this week.