With current Attorney General Pam Bondi set to term out, that number is likely to grow, especially on the Dem side, given how the backlash against Trumpism is boosting the Democratic Party's hopes this year.
On Tuesday, State Rep. Sean Shaw (D-Tampa) will probably throw his hat in the ring.
A press release sent out Friday heralded an announcement he's planning to make in Tallahassee, and all signs point to said announcement as a likely launch of an AG campaign.
After all, listed on the media release is Tom Alte of Blue Ticket Consulting, a firm that tends to work on Democratic campaigns.
The announcement is set to take place at 11 a.m.
Shaw was elected to the legislature in 2016, and has seen praise from the likes of celebrity attorney John Morgan.
So far, Tampa lawyer Ryan Torrens is the only Democrat who has filed to run.
On the GOP side, Jay Fant, Ashley Moody, Ross Spano and Frank White — all members of the Florida House of Representatives, save for Moody, a Hillsborough County judge — are running.
On the Dem side, the debate will probably be over which candidate is the least like Bondi.
Over the course of her two terms, Bondi has been a GOP darling. A close ally of one Donald J. Trump, Bondi was the subject of Democrats' ire more than once. Her refusal to join a multi-state lawsuit over Trump University following a large donation from Trump himself drew some attention, as did her bizarrely dogged efforts to fight same-sex marriage in Florida, which she of course lost.
Shaw, meanwhile, is outspokenly anti-Trump and has vocally criticized the president at events like a demonstration against the controversial travel ban.
This article appears in Jan 11-18, 2018.