Another challenger has thrown her hat in the ring in the race to be Florida's next governor.

Democrat Nan Rich has made her run for governor official. On Tuesday the former state senator joined her supporters in Tallahassee, where she filed the paperwork to be on the ballot.



Rich said Floridians are ready for a change.



"The people around this state want a new direction, they want new priorities, they want the focus to be on strong public education, preserving our environment, protecting our most vulnerable citizens, health care for everyone," she said. "And those are the things that we've been talking about for almost two years, and we'll continue to talk about them until we win, August 26th the primary and November 4th the general."

Former Gov. Charlie Crist is also running for governor as a Democrat. He officially entered the race on Monday, as did current Republican Gov. Rick Scott.



Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam also qualified for re-election. The three incumbents are all Republicans.

Candidates seeking statewide and local offices were allowed to start qualifying at noon. Qualifying closes at noon on Friday.

