Charlie Crist glided to Democratic nomination for governor in 2014. This time won’t be so easy.

2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist with his former primary opponent, Nan Rich of Weston, during a party unity rally in Orlando on Aug. 28, 2014. Crist easily won the primary, but faces a tougher path to victory in his attempt to win the party’s 2022 gubernatorial nomination. (Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel)