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Orange County Property Appraiser Amy Mercado’s support of former GOP congressman David Jolly to be the Democratic nominee for governor puts her at odds with some other key county Democrats — including her father, Victor Torres, a former state senator from Central Florida.

Torres said he is backing Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings as their party’s pick in the governor’s race. Mercado on Monday announced she’ll be co-chair of the Jolly Campaign.

“Theirs will be an interesting Thanksgiving, I suppose,” quipped Dick Batchelor, a Democrat political stalwart in Central Florida and a long-time elections consultant who spoke favorably of Jolly and his campaign but has publicly supported Demings’ bid for governor.

Mercado, 52, and Torres, 78, both D

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