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Primaries were just held in Florida to determine numerous political appointments (Governor, Congressmen, Judges, etc). The most important of these positions is the position of Governor. Florida is notorious for being a Conservative stronghold, but it might not be for much longer.
The election in November will be a nail biter since a crucial swing state has the opportunity to go Democrat. Floridas gubernatorial election will pit a Trump backed politician in Ron Desantis and a Bernie-backed politician in Andrew Gillum.
Meet Andrew Gillum:
"In a late primary season shocker, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeated the front-runner, former Rep. Gwen Graham, who had led in the polls for most of the campaign. He emerged from a field of five competitive candidates, in which he was the only non-millionaire and only supporter of "Medicare for all" single-payer health care, to become the state's first black gubernatorial nominee."
"The point has never been lost on me that my name on the ballot is simply a vessel, is simply the name,' Gillum told a raucous crowd of supporters in Tallahassee on Tuesday night. "But what is underneath that name are all the issues that we care so deeply about."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/andrew-gillum-ron-desantis-florida-governor-race/index.html
Here is a campaign ad by Ron Desantis where he shamelessly strokes Trumps ego:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/florida-arizona-election-results.html
"Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday, setting the stage for a ferocious general election in the country’s largest swing state between one of President Trump’s most unabashed allies and an outspoken progressive who would be Florida’s first black governor."
Mr. Gillum’s narrowly defeated former congresswoman Gwen Graham who was the front-runner. Gillums win represents a victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and a Southern wave of progressivism can occur.
What does the War Room say? What are the chances that Gillum "flips the state" and defeats Ron Desantis to become the First African-American Governor of Florida? Will big money beat grass roots campaigning?
The election in November will be a nail biter since a crucial swing state has the opportunity to go Democrat. Floridas gubernatorial election will pit a Trump backed politician in Ron Desantis and a Bernie-backed politician in Andrew Gillum.
Meet Andrew Gillum:
"In a late primary season shocker, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeated the front-runner, former Rep. Gwen Graham, who had led in the polls for most of the campaign. He emerged from a field of five competitive candidates, in which he was the only non-millionaire and only supporter of "Medicare for all" single-payer health care, to become the state's first black gubernatorial nominee."
"The point has never been lost on me that my name on the ballot is simply a vessel, is simply the name,' Gillum told a raucous crowd of supporters in Tallahassee on Tuesday night. "But what is underneath that name are all the issues that we care so deeply about."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/28/politics/andrew-gillum-ron-desantis-florida-governor-race/index.html
Here is a campaign ad by Ron Desantis where he shamelessly strokes Trumps ego:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/us/politics/florida-arizona-election-results.html
"Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday, setting the stage for a ferocious general election in the country’s largest swing state between one of President Trump’s most unabashed allies and an outspoken progressive who would be Florida’s first black governor."
Mr. Gillum’s narrowly defeated former congresswoman Gwen Graham who was the front-runner. Gillums win represents a victory for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and a Southern wave of progressivism can occur.
What does the War Room say? What are the chances that Gillum "flips the state" and defeats Ron Desantis to become the First African-American Governor of Florida? Will big money beat grass roots campaigning?
