Welcome to

After months of looking for a candidate to run for the State Chief Financial Officer, Democrats have found their woman. Former state Representative Loranne Ausley is now the Democrat�s choice to run for CFO.� She leaves a race for the state Senate.

�I didn�t run for the Senate to be a senator,” Ausley said.� “I ran to serve the people of Florida. And when you take a step back and look at what the office of the CFO does, it impacts real people�s lives in very real lives. I feel like this is the right place for me, at the right time.�

The move has one of her former Senate opponents praising her.

�We certainly wish her well,” Senate District 6 candidate Bill Montford said. “Loranne is a good friend, she is a capable politician, she�s a good person. She would be an excellent CFO. Certainly we�re glad, I am, that she�s made that decision because it takes a lot of people off the spot. It�s hard to run against your friends. Curtis is a friend, Loranne is a friend. So it makes it much, much more pleasant. Not only for me, but for Curtis too. It just makes it an opportunity for Curtis and I to discuss the issues and move forward. We wish her well. She�ll do well. She�s a good campaigner. She has statewide name recognition. She�ll have a good support system. We wish her well.�

Two others besides Montford remain in the race, including for state Representative Curtis Richardson.