O’BRIEN, Fla. — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam brought his campaign for Florida governor to O’Brien on Saturday.

More than 600 people came to the Gaylard Family Farm where Putnam ended his 10-day announcement tour.

“This stop is the exclamation point on our announcement tour to be governor of the great state of Florida,” Putnam said.

“We live in an extraordinary place. Our diversity is our strength but the foundation of our economy is and has always been the land.”

Putnam said as a fifth generation Floridian, he cares deeply about the long-term well being of Florida.

He said he wants to make Florida better for the long haul, not just fix issues short term.

“I want Florida to be put first,” Putnam said. “I want Florida to be the magnet for talent so that we don’t lose our young people that will be graduating this week and next. I want to build the kind of state that they don’t have to leave town to find the kind of job that will give them satisfaction. I want Florida to be the kind of state that attracts that talent so that they stay here, raise their families here.”

Putnam is a supporter of the second amendment, the military and veterans.

“Florida will be the most military and veteran friendly state in the nation as your governor,” Putnam said.

In 1996, Putnam was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of Polk County. He was 22 years old at the time and was the youngest person ever elected to the Florida Legislature.

In 2000, Putnam ran for a U.S. House seat. He took office when he was 26 years old and was the youngest member of Congress from 2001 to 2005.

In 2010, Putnam was elected the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and won in his reelection bid in 2014.

“Floridians want and Floridians deserve a leader of our state, a governor, a CEO, somebody who has common sense, somebody who understands small business and family farms, somebody who carries a pocket knife and knows how to use duck tape, somebody who knows how to pronounce Lafayette County and not learn after they’ve become governor,” Putnam said.

“This is one of the biggest crowds of our bus tour,” he added after the event. “We were blown away by the outpouring of support from the Suwannee Valley.”