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Progressive Andrew Gillum Wins Upset In Florida Democratic Primary
NPR ^ | August 28, 20188:32 PM ET | Jessica Taylor

Posted on 08/28/2018 7:10:57 PM PDT by monkeyshine

...On the Democratic side, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum's victory was the most unexpected of the night, as he defeated centrist former Rep. Gwen Graham. His victory represents an upset for the progressive wing of the party in the final stretch of 2018 primaries...

...Gillum hadn't led in a single poll, but was able to harness the progressive energy to beat Graham, a famed political scion in the state whose father had served as governor and senator. Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned for Gillum and drew more than 1,000 people to a rally in Tampa earlier this month. Gillum campaigned on repealing the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law, Medicare for all and raising the minimum wage.

Gillum would be the first African-American governor of Florida if elected, and he becomes the second black Democratic gubernatorial nominee this year in the South, joining Georgia's Stacey Abrams.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2018floridaprimary; 2018midterms; democrat; demprimary; fl2018; florida; gillum; primary
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To: fortheDeclaration

I agree. I was born in Florida and lived there for about 41 years. This leftist will fail big time.


21 posted on 08/28/2018 7:24:31 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: monkeyshine

#walkaway is happening

no blue wave


22 posted on 08/28/2018 7:25:22 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: monkeyshine

So what’s a “progressive” democrat?


23 posted on 08/28/2018 7:32:56 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: monkeyshine
Looks like Gillum is probably a Mayor neck-deep in municipal graft.

His close friend, Adam Corey, is a new target of the FBI--and Gillum likely to be next on their list.

Not exactly news that will send libs running to the polling places.

Report: Andrew Gillum scheduled meeting with undercover FBI agents during Costa Rica trip with lobbyists

24 posted on 08/28/2018 7:33:26 PM PDT by henbane (Obama still holds the 7th floor of U.S. Justice Department--AG Sessions AWOL!!)
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To: monkeyshine

In yet another example of the bastardization of the English language that would make Alinsky proud, ‘Progressives’ are nothing less ominous than totalitarians dressed in Orwellian sheeps’ clothing.

Though ‘Regressives’ would be closer to linguistic accuracy, even that fails to adequately convey the danger inherent in the evil of their underlying sociopathy.


25 posted on 08/28/2018 7:34:04 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: monkeyshine
I'M GIDDY..!!!


26 posted on 08/28/2018 7:34:52 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: monkeyshine

Free stuff for all Gillum , oh and Drugs ,LOL


27 posted on 08/28/2018 7:36:26 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: monkeyshine

Eating their own. Good..Really good.


28 posted on 08/28/2018 7:36:41 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: monkeyshine

There is nothing ‘progressive’ about Marxism. It’s a delusional, flawed, and failed system that is more retro than a Victrola.


29 posted on 08/28/2018 7:40:34 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: samadams2000

When he’s failing there’s always the race card.


30 posted on 08/28/2018 7:42:19 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: monkeyshine

I hate how the left gets to twist the meaning of words. There is nothing progressive about socialism and communism. They are reactionary.


31 posted on 08/28/2018 7:43:08 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (..he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons...according to the purpose of his will Eph 1:5)
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To: fortheDeclaration

FL should go deep Red in the midterms!

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I agree.


32 posted on 08/28/2018 7:43:53 PM PDT by laplata (Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: monkeyshine

Progressive my ass. Funny NPR won’t call him what he is.


33 posted on 08/28/2018 7:44:13 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (All Democrats have to offer is violence, intolerance, divisiveness and hatred.)
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To: clintonh8r
Only NPR would call Gwen Graham centrist.

LOL. The media always called Loony Bob Graham a "moderate" while in the Senate (for far too long). Which was just as ludicrous.

As far as the media is concerned, if a Democrat isn't wearing a Vladimir Lennin lapel pen, he's a moderate/centrist. In the Democrat party, the farthest right you can get is closet socialist. The farthest left is gulags and killing fields. A moderate Democrat is in between those two.

34 posted on 08/28/2018 7:46:50 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: MtnClimber

Will his/her progressivism (communism) help him/her in the general election?

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It will kill him. Too many people in Florida have seen what socialism does and don’t want any part of it. There are too many Cubans and people from Venezuela and NY and Connecticut, etc who moved to Florida for that reason.


35 posted on 08/28/2018 7:47:35 PM PDT by laplata (Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You can bank on it


36 posted on 08/28/2018 7:47:51 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: clintonh8r
Only NPR would call Gwen Graham centrist.

She may be at the center of the Democommunistic Party.

37 posted on 08/28/2018 7:47:53 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

#walkaway is happening

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Yes!!


38 posted on 08/28/2018 7:48:40 PM PDT by laplata (Leftists/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: monkeyshine

“Make America Venezuela!”


39 posted on 08/28/2018 7:50:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: neverevergiveup; metmom; tomkat

I stuck to the FR rules and posted the headline as it appeared in the article when I grabbed the link. I didn’t insert the word “Progressive”. (Websites sometimes change the headlines in their links, not sure if they did or will do it here).


40 posted on 08/28/2018 7:50:58 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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