Florida Democratic Party Launches "Defend Our Dems" Program

September 19, 2024

On Sep 19th, the Florida Democratic Party is proud to launch the “Defend Our Dems” program, an initiative to protect incumbent Democrats in close races and running for re-election. 

These six elected officials will receive grassroots organizing and fundraising support from the party ahead of the November elections:

  • Rep. Darren Soto (FL-09)
  • Rep. Jared Moskowitz (FL-23)
  • State Rep. Allison Tant (HD-09)
  • State Rep. Tom Keen (HD-35)
  • State Rep. Lindsay Cross (HD-60)
  • State Rep. Katherine Waldron (HD-93)

In addition to the legislative candidates listed above, the Defend Our Dems slate also includes State Attorney candidates Monique Worrell (Circuit 9) and Andrew Warren (Circuit 13), both of whom were wrongfully removed from office as an act of political retaliation by Ron DeSantis. Ron has refused to rule out another attempt to remove them if re-elected — a move that a federal judge ruled a violation of the First Amendment.

“The Defend Our Dems slate features some of the best public servants the Florida Democratic Party has to offer, and we’re proud to give our support to them,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried. “This November, we have a chance to break the Republican supermajority in the Florida legislature and make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the House — but to do that, we first have to protect these seats.

“We also have a chance to right the wrongs of the DeSantis administration by re-electing the duly-elected State Attorneys Ron threw out in a fit of political retaliation. Monique Worrell and Andrew Warren represented their constituents faithfully and were wrongly removed from office, and Florida Democrats will do everything in our power to re-elect them on November 5.”

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