Former Republican congressman-turned-Democrat launches bid for governor in push to flip red-state Florida

Democrats in Florida face an uphill climb as they work to win the governor's office in next year's elections.

It's been more than three decades since a Democrat won a gubernatorial election in the Sunshine State. You have to go all the way back to Democrat Gov. Lawton Chiles' 1994 re-election.

But former Rep. David Jolly, when asked how the Democrats could end their losing streak, told Fox News Digital, "It's been even longer since we had an affordability crisis like we're experiencing right now.