Nan Rich is an American politician from the state of Florida. She served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate from 2004 to 2012. Rich served as Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2012 and was term-limited out of the senate in 2012. She served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004.She was a candidate for Governor of Florida in 2014, but lost the Democratic primary to Charlie Crist, who garnered 74 percent of the vote.