FLORIDA — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried returned Tuesday to the campaign trial, kicking off a weeklong bus tour targeting undecided voters ahead of Primary Election Day.

Fried is vying to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary against Congressman Charlie Crist, a longtime political player in Florida who most notably served as a Republican Governor from 2006 to 2010.

Traveling aboard a purple and yellow themed bus, Fried and staff will visit cities including Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami throughout the week. Each stop will feature rallies and meetings with supporters and undecided voters.

The last-minute trek — dubbed the Something New Bus Tour — featured events Tuesday in Panama City and Tallahassee, where Fried held a launch party and delivered her “closing arguments” to a crowd of 60 or so supporters.

Fried throughout the address criticized both Crist and Gov. Ron DeSantis, fashioning herself as a qualified political outsider who is best situated to lead Florida Democrats, and, ultimately, topple DeSantis. 

“We got one week to deliver something new,” Fried told supporters in Tallahassee. “One week to prove the establishment wrong. One week until we go head-to-head with Ron DeSantis and make him a one-term governor.”

By nearly all accounts, Fried is an underdog against Crist. Her camp, though, is aggressively touting a new poll by the University of North that suggests she may pull off an upset. 

The poll of 1,624 registered Florida voters — who said they are likely to vote in the primary — found 47% of Democrats surveyed would vote for Fried while 43% would vote for Crist. That survey, however, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.

Fried doubled down on the survey when questioned by reporters, describing it as a product of the campaign’s hard work and grassroots momentum.

“It’s exactly what we’ve been feeling,” Fried said. “[It’s] validation for what we’re feeling on the ground.”

Crist’s team, meanwhile, disputes the poll results. They maintain he holds a demanding lead over Fried and point to several polls showing Crist up by double digits.

Crist is also hitting the road ahead of the election. He and staff are embarking upon a 10-day “Hope for Florida” tour throughout the state. The Primary Election is Aug. 23.