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Former Governor Charlie Crist made is abundantly clear over the weekend he will seek to get his old job back as a Democrat. Crist met with Democratic activists in Orlando at the state convention. Such a race would be history making.

Never before have two people who have taken the oath to be Governor run against each other, but former GOP Chief Executive Charlie Crist made it clear over the weekend that he would seek his old job, as a Democrat.

Historically, Republican Governor Claude Kirk tried a comeback as a Democrat in 1978. That was 8 years after he was defeated for a second term. “But everybody knows that I was already a good Governor,” says Claude Kirk, Governor 1967-1971.

Kirk’s return quickly fizzled and before him you have to go all the way back to 1916 to find someone who successfully switched parties.

Sidney J. Catts lost the 1916 Democratic Primary but he became Governor from the Prohibition party.

The state GOP has also seen the writing on the wall and has been blasting Crist in daily missives. “I mean he lost 8 hundred and 32 thousand jobs under his watch,” says Susan Hepworth, Republican Party of Florida.

Then there is the money. Scott’s predicting the most expensive race ever, he’s already raised 18 million in his let’s get to work account. But most polls show Crist with an edge. Benefactor John Morgan says people know and like Crist. “And I believe in the State of Florida that Charlie Crist has 50 million dollars in positive feelings from the state- from the people in Florida,” says John Morgan, Attorney/Crist Law Partner.

Crist does have one hurdle to the democratic nomination, former State Senator Nan Rich has been running for months and remains virtually unknown.