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Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has announced on Twitter that he's joining the Democratic Party. Crist sent out a Tweet on Friday night that said, "Proud and honored to join the Democratic Party in the home of President (at)Barack Obama!"

Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican-turned-independent, continued his political makeover Sunday by endorsing President Barack Obama’s re-election and calling him “the right leader for our times.”

Florida's three-way Senate race grew testier Friday as the last-place Democratic candidate denied claims that former President Bill Clinton had advised him to drop out, saying the idea came instead from his independent rival, Gov. Charlie Crist...

Rep. Kendrick Meek is the Democratic nominee for Senate, overcoming billionaire Jeff Greene's massive television and mail onslaught to win a bitter Florida primary. Meek will face off against Gov. Charlie Crist and Republican Marco Rubio in November.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who is trailing rival Marco Rubio in the race for the Republican nomination for the Senate, will announce on Thursday he will run as an independent in the November elections, media reports said on Wednesday.

Because April 30 is the deadline for Charlie Crist to declare if he's running for US Senate as a Republican or independent or at all. Until Crist makes his intention clear, there is almost nothing Crist or Rubio can ...

Brace yourself for another round of speculation about whether Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will run as an independent for Senate. A Quinnipiac Poll out this morning shows Crist badly trailing former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio in the GOP primary.

Former Florida legislator Marco Rubio has closed the gap in the race for the state's Republican U.S. Senate nomination and is in a virtual dead heat with Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Florida Gov. Crist said he will run for the Senate rather than seek a second term as the battleground state's chief executive.