President Joe Biden coming to South Florida for Charlie Crist campaign event

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Joe Biden is planning a visit to South Florida ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Biden will travel to Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, Nov. 1, according to a release from the White House.

The purpose of Biden’s visit will be to appear at a reception for gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist.

The reception will come exactly one week before Election Day.

Crist, a Democrat, previously served as Florida’s governor from 2007 to 2011, but as a Republican.

He is running against incumbent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Information on where the reception will take place was not immediately released.

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