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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.