CNN Screening: Charlie Crist will win the Democratic nomination for Governor of Florida and will face DeSantis in November

Major Florida Primary Races 3:40 (CNN) — Rep. Charlie Crist will win the Democratic nomination for Florida governor, according to a CNN projection, and will face Republican incumbent Governor Ron DeSantis in November. Crist defeated Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the primary. Fried told a room of supporters that she had called Rep. Charlie Crist to congratulate him on winning the Democratic nomination for governor shortly after polls closed in the Florida Panhandle at 8:00 pm ET on Tuesday night. Fried, who was vying to become the state’s first female governor, said, “No one ever broke a glass ceiling on the first try.” Fried vowed to continue fighting for the causes she campaigned for, especially abortion access and affordable housing. “We’re not going to back down until we restore democracy here in Florida and reverse 28 years of one-party control in this state,” she said. Who is Charlie Christ? Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Charlie Crist speaks to the media before casting his vote in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Tuesday. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images) Crist is a former Republican governor of the Sunshine State who switched parties and now serves in Congress as a Democrat. Crist was elected governor under the Republican Party in 2006 and then ran for Senate as an independent in 2010, losing to Republican Marco Rubio. Crist then ran for governor in 2014 as a Democrat and lost to now-Republican Sen. Rick Scott. Crist won his House seat as a Democrat in 2016. Abortion emerged as a major issue in the Democratic primary, with Fried’s campaign attacking Crist’s record on the issue and Crist responding with a television ad. The two Democrats spent much of the race criticizing DeSantis.