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Barack Obama Dept: The announcement fanned speculation that Crist would seek to regain his old job from Republican Gov. Rick Scott in 2014, according to Montreal Gazette. The tweet included a photo of a smiling Crist and his wife Carole as he held up a Florida voter registration application. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Crist signed the papers changing his affiliation from independent to Democrat at a Christmas reception at the White House. President Barack Obama greeted the news with a fist bump and tALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state's chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, announced on Twitter on Friday night that he's switching to the Democratic Party. Crist sent out a tweet that said, "Proud and honoured to join the Democratic Party in the home of President at Barack Obama!" (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.