- Charlie Crist selected Karla Hernández-Mats, president of the United Teachers of Dade, as his running mate.
- Hernández-Mats, 42, is a first-time political candidate who is expected to advance Crist’s pro-abortion, LGBTQ equity agenda.
- The lieutenant governor candidate last year compared concerned parents at school board meetings to Halloween monsters and was a leading advocate for keeping schools closed.
