Sunshine State dims for Dems amid election losses, cash woes

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021 file photo, Marcia English, center, leads a group of former President Donald Trump supporters in a song outside the convention center at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. Democrats hope to make deeper strides in changing their fortunes in a state that has become friendlier place for Republicans. The state's only Democrat in statewide office, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is contemplating a challenge to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020 file photo, President-elect Joe Biden supporters march down Orange Avenue on their way to Orlando City Hall in Orlando, Fla. Democrats hope to make deeper strides in changing their fortunes in a state that has become friendlier place for Republicans. The state's only Democrat in statewide office, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is contemplating a challenge to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fist bumps with legislators as he enters the House of Representatives prior to his State of the State address at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Democrats hope to make deeper strides in changing their fortunes in a state that has become friendlier place for Republicans. The state's only Democrat in statewide office, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is contemplating a challenge to Republican Gov. DeSantis. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2020 file photo, Democrats take part in a rally outside a union hall in Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, as Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried speaks. Democrats hope to make deeper strides in changing their fortunes in a state that has become friendlier place for Republicans. Fried is contemplating a challenge to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan, File)