Nikki Fried for Governor Nikki Fried for Governor PALM BEACH, FL—The Florida Democratic Party is under fire from some African American members accusing its Central Committee of racism for ousting two embattled black county chairs but choosing to keep a third white one in office. The three chairs from Miami-Dade, Franklin, and Palm Beach counties were suspended on March 4th by Party Chair Nikki Fried for varying degrees of malpractice, including failure to post their membership lists. When it came time to decide whom to remove from office, the majority white Central Committee removed the two black members—Miami-Dade’s Robert Dempster...