Looking at Florida’s gubernatorial race, there’s only one candidate who fits that bill – famous trial attorney John Morgan. Despite being a lifelong Democrat, Morgan has recently captivated the affection of non-political voters who tend to only care about one or two very specific issues. The issue, in this case, is weed. Legal weed, to be exact, which Morgan has emerged as the political leader of in the last few years.
In 2014, Morgan threw a bunch of his own money into and led the campaign for legalizing medical marijuana in Florida. He did this through a constitutional amendment, which the Florida electorate overwhelmingly supported.
No one believed he could do it. Even Democrats called him crazy, and that the state would never go for it. They were right, in the traditional sense. Elected legislators would never have gone along with it, hence his rarely-attempted approach of going right to the voters themselves.
