Charlie Crist kicks off final weekend with stops in St. Petersburg, Daytona Beach & Orlando

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With a slight lead in the latest polling, Democratic nominee Charlie Crist kicks off the last weekend of the heated Florida governor’s race today with campaign stops throughout Central Florida.

Crist starts the day in his home base of St. Petersburg with an 8:30 a.m. meet-and-greet at Munch’s Restaurant, 3920 6th St S.

Then, Crist moves over to the East Coast, meeting with volunteers and supporters in Daytona Beach at 12:30 p.m. for an early vote canvass launch at 457 S. Ridgewood Avenue.

Later, the former governor attends a Hispanics for Crist event at 4 p.m. with Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García Padilla, Puerto Rico Senator Carmelo Rios Santiago and Congressman Xavier Becerra in Orlando, with the location to be announced later.

Phil Ammann is a St. Petersburg-based journalist and blogger. With more than three decades of writing, editing and management experience, Phil produced material for both print and online, in addition to founding HRNewsDaily.com. His broad range includes covering news, local government and culture reviews for Patch.com, technical articles and profiles for BetterRVing Magazine and advice columns for a metaphysical website, among others. Phil has served as a contributor and production manager for SaintPetersBlog since 2013. He lives in St. Pete with his wife, visual artist Margaret Juul and can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @PhilAmmann.