The race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting more crowded.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, a Democrat, filed to run for governor on Oct. 31. The move means he will challenge former U.S. Rep. David Jolly for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Demings, 66, is scheduled to hold a rally officially announcing his candidacy on Nov. 6. Demings’ campaign had no immediate comment.

A longtime fixture of Orange County politics, Demings has served as its mayor since 2018, and won reelection in 2022.

Before that he served as Orange County Sheriff from 2009-2018, and was Orlando’s police chief from 1998-2002.

His wife Val Demings served as a U.S. representative from 2017 to 2023. She ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2022 against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rub

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