TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has made his bid for Florida governor official.
Demings opened a campaign account for governor Friday, a necessary first step to starting a campaign for the office currently held by Gov. Ron DeSantis. POLITICO reported last week that Demings was expected to announce his candidacy at a rally scheduled Thursday in Orlando.
Demings is a well-known central Florida Democrat political figure who also spent several decades in law enforcement, including nine years as Orange County sheriff. He is married to Val Demings, a former member of Congress who was on Joe Biden’s short list for vice president. She also mounted an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate against Marco Rubio…