Can Broward Democrats avoid a messy, expensive Florida Senate primary?

State Sen. Lauren Book, center, a Broward Democat, at a news conference in Miami on July 13, 2022. State Rep. Robin Bartleman, D-Weston, at left, is one of several candidates who may run for Book’s southwest Broward Senate seat in 2024. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press)

Democrats could, once again, end up with a costly and divisive primary for Florida Senate next year in a reprise of the highly contentious 2022 contest that left deep wounds in Broward that some are still nursing.

Already running is Barbara Sharief, who was one of two combatants in last year’s highly contentious and expensive Democrat-versus-Democrat contest.

Sharief’s supporters, along with some De ...