Local former state lawmaker Paul Renner of Palm Coast in Flagler County has filed paperwork to run for governor, an announcement he first made official Sept. 3.

“There's a lot of progress we've made, but there are challenges and I'm not afraid to speak to those challenges and address them and fix them,” Renner told WESH 2 News in a one-on-one interview Monday. Latest Forecast

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To be the Republican Party nominee, Renner will face South Florida Congressman Byron Donalds, the endorsed candidate of President Donald Trump, among a likely crowded field of candidates.

If elected, Renner would be the first Florida governor since Charlie Crist two decades ago, to have served in the Legislature, where Renner's mark was made in the massive over

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