Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat, has seized on to what some predict will be a wedge issue in this competitive election: Affordable housing and skyrocketing rental rates.

Fried is promoting her first real policy plan called “Lower Costs, Higher Standards,” with a statewide tour of six cities that stopped in the capital on Wednesday and goes to Pensacola on Thursday.

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