2022 Florida Governor's Race

"I mean, this is happening not just in Florida, but it's Florida, Georgia, Texas, other states," Crist said. "And so that's why you have the federal government. You have to come in and stop these Jim Crow laws that they're passing to discriminate."

The former governor made the announcement Tuesday morning on Twitter ahead of his scheduled press conference in St. Petersburg.

This would be the current St. Petersburg Congressman's third race for the governor's mansion.