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.
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Will his/her progressivism (communism) help him/her in the general election?
Soros bougbt the seat for 650,000.
But after the 'frame job' the media and Democrats colluded on about the Russia investigation -- they deserve MUCH, MUCH WORSE...
What’s heartening is that GOP primary votes for the governorship exceeded Democratic votes by 100K. https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/florida/ That’s about 3.5% of out 3.1m votes in total.
Of course the rabid left NPR would weigh in on this. Santa Claus won, and NPR is happy, they believe in Santa Claus—(the Federal gov which pays them)—too.
This is so awesome. Here we have the dems on the island of a renowned communist against RON DESANTIS!! What a communist pig slaughter this will be. What do you see Cuban AMERICANS will do with this communists!! This is OVER!!
Only NPR would call Gwen Graham centrist.
FL should go deep Red in the midterms!
It will mean the Trump base will turn out to stop him.
The radical kooks have taken over the Democrat Party. I think it’s beginning to dawn on millions of white middle class Dems that their party has no place for them!
Well, they should be YUGELY disappointed in Nov.
Start running ads on how “Medicare for all” will destroy “Medicare for Seniors” who paid taxes all their working life to earn it.
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Still, Burgan noted, voters rarely mention the (FBI) investigation on the campaign trail.
Gillum’s Democratic opponents also haven’t seized on the issue. A Florida voter would be hard-pressed to find a negative television advertisement about Gillum. And when Chris King, one of Gillum’s opponents, was asked about the investigation in a gubernatorial debate in June, King defended Gillum.
Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida, said there are a number of reasons for Democrats’ reluctance to weigh in. The case is still murky and Gillum hasn’t been implicated in any wrongdoing, so Gillum’s opponents would be going out on a limb somewhat to knock him for the investigation, Jewett said.
Gillum also hasn’t polled consistently well enough to warrant attacks from his Democratic opponents, Jewett noted.
But if Gillum were to secure the nomination, it’s extremely unlikely that his Republican general election opponent would hold his fire, said Florida State University political science professor Carol Weissert in an email to the Tampa Bay Times.
“Floridians—or really any voters—don’t want to put a ‘tainted’ candidate in office,” Weissert wrote. “Gillum isn’t well-known among voters which means he doesn’t have a reservoir of goodwill to draw down on against tough corruption allegations.”
Polls are to fake news as hot is to Ann-Margret.
“Only NPR would call Gwen Graham centrist.”
They said the same thing about Ruth Bader-Ginzburg.
Look, if you believe any pundit, pollster, Media jive...you is smoking too much reefer. These people are trying to sway elections, not report on them, Case closed. Of course they are like insane folks, they are playing the same record over and over and it never plays correctly!!! They should give it up. Because Trump folks will not talk with them or they lie to them the same way they lie to all the American people and voters.
This Democrat Gent Radical Progressive, Andrew Gillum is going to get slaughtered, politically by Republican, Ron DeSantis come this November in the general Mid-Term election.
That sounds like an excellent ad !!!
“Start running ads on how “Medicare for all” will destroy “Medicare for Seniors” who paid taxes all their working life to earn it.”
That is absolutely true. Thank you for that focus point. Keep fighting .
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