Gwen Graham is now counting among her supporters the last Democrat elected to Florida's Cabinet, former CFO Alex Sink — a name that still haunts some Democrats.

"It's an honor to have Alex Sink's support," Graham said in a statement Tuesday. "She has been a trailblazer for Florida women in business and public service — and I wish I were running today to serve as Florida's second woman governor."

Sink served as the state's chief financial officer from 2007 to 2011, the last Democrat to win a seat on the Florida cabinet. But it's her failed campaign for governor that still frustrates some in the party.

Sink, a centrist Democrat, narrowly lost to Rick Scott in 2010 in a race that many felt she should have won. Her failure to turn out Democrats against Scott, a political newcomer with a controversial past, led MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie to dub her the worst candidate in the country that year.

Sink made another run for office in 2014, losing a Tampa Bay-area congressional race to Republican David Jolly, but has been out of the spotlight since.

Graham's campaign notes that she has the support of the only other Democratic woman elected to a Cabinet position, Betty Castor, who was education commissioner in the 1990s. (The position has since been eliminated.)

Sink said in a statement that Graham, a former Congresswoman and the daughter of former Governor and Senator Bob Graham, was a "proven dedicated public servant."

"Gwen shares my commitment to investing in public education, protecting our environment and building a diverse economy for Florida," Sink said. "Now, more than ever, we need a leader who will defend Florida's women and families."