Overview
- Demings officially announced his run Thursday morning after filing with the State Elections Office.
- He outlines a cost-of-living agenda that expands Medicaid, holds insurers accountable, lowers energy costs, and protects water and the environment.
- The Orange County mayor highlights decades in public safety leadership, including service as Orlando’s first Black police chief and Orange County’s first Black elected sheriff.
- He contends state leaders have stripped local governments of authority and pledges to restore local control.
- A kickoff rally is scheduled at the Rosen Centre in Orlando this afternoon as he joins a field that includes Democrat David Jolly and Republicans Byron Donalds and Paul Renner.