The campaign manager for Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist has been fired after being arrested earlier this week in Maryland on a domestic violence charge, according to court records.
According to Maryland court records, 43-year-old Austin Durrer was arrested on Oct. 18 on a count of second-degree assault for domestic violence. He was booked and released on $10,000 bail.
He was listed as a complainant in a court record for Jacqueline Whisman, who was also charged with second-degree assault. Records for the two show the same home address.
More details of this report from “Just The News”:
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist’s campaign manager has departed with less than three weeks until the election.
“Austin Durrer has departed the campaign to focus on a family matter,” Crist spokeswoman Samantha Ramirez said, according to Florida Politics. The campaign insists Durrer’s leaving is not the product of Crist’s sagging poll numbers. Sydney Throop will take over the role. Throop previously ran Crist’s congressional campaigns.
A former Florida Republican governor, Crist announced he would run for Senate as an independent following his failure to win the GOP primary contest against Marco Rubio in 2010. He subsequently won election to the House of Representatives as a Democrat and now seeks to topple Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and reclaim his old job.
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According to reports, the DeSantis campaign has spent $44 million on TV ads while the Crist campaign has only spent $11.3 million.
Here’s what Politico reported:
Airwaves — The television gap is stunning. An analysis by tracking firm AdImpact shows that as of the start of this week DeSantis and the Republican Party has spent roughly $44 million, compared to $11.3 million spent by Crist and the Florida Democratic Party. But a decent chunk of Crist’s spending was done ahead of the August primary, then Crist was off the air for about three weeks following his win over Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is currently dominating the race for Florida Governor.
Sources: TheGatewayPundit, Just The News, Politico