Posted on 08/28/2018 8:52:01 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
WASHINGTON — Setting up an explosive general election battle, a Donald Trump-backed Republican and a Bernie Sanders-endorsed insurgent Democrat who prevailed in an upset will face off in the Florida governor race following primaries Tuesday night, NBC News projects.
In a surprise win, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a black progressive who never led in a major poll, edged out former Rep. Gwen Graham, the politically moderate daughter of popular former governor and senator Bob Graham, in the Democratic primary. Gillum had 34.2 percent, or 510,450 votes, to Graham's 31.4 percent, or 468,448 votes, with 96 percent of precincts reporting.
For Republicans, Rep. Ron DeSantis easily defeated state Agriculture Secretary Adam Putnam, thanks to a crucial early endorsement from Trump that gave him a major boost. DeSantis captured 56.5 percent, or 908,443 votes, to Putnam's 36.5 percent, or 587,579 votes, with 97 percent of precincts reporting.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the left-wing congressional candidate in New York, hailed the victory.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ✔ @Ocasio2018 US House candidate, NY-14
Congratulations, @AndrewGillum!
The progressive movement is transforming the country - and he proved that again tonight.
Gillum ran on Medicare for All, Legalizing Marijuana, #AbolishICE & more.
Thank you, Florida voters!
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And lose!
Yup, Gillum guarantees a Repub governor, and maybe the Senate seat too.
The Snowbirds aren’t gonna vote for that
Reminds me of the song “Wipeout”.
DeSantis will curb stomp him in the general election
Notice how the leftist media is hyping this clown, but ignore the black Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.
Oooh…Proxy fight! Bernie was the only candidate Trump didn’t beat because Hillary cheated them both of the opportunity to go head-to-head.
And in a closely-contested state like Florida, it’ll be an interesting to see which of these two avatars for Trump and Sanders will win the November election.
Complete uteer destruction
With a smile
Another Democratic Socialist?! Is he as ignorant as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? If so, this should be an interesting race.
Indeed - John James is the “wrong kind of black” for the media...of course that isn’t racist since they’re liberals doing it.
Pinko ‘Rat versus Pro-American Pubbie.
The party rank and file who voted for Graham, the secular Jews who voted for Greene and Levine, the yellow dog democrats...they are not going to come out in force to vote for a failed black mayor who is supported by Soros, sanders and speyer. The resulting depressed turnout will also help Scott beat Nelson.
Thanks. You made me feel a little better.
It's very upsetting for me to believe a Bernie guy (who thinks watering our crops with "Brawndo" would be a good idea) could become a serious candidate all on his own....
Gillum carried Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, West Palm, Broward and Miami-Dade. Every other county went went for Graham. So he got the urban centres and nothing else.
The Republicans will have to work hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Broward county has a lot of people who would automatically vote for him based off his skin pigmentation alone. Sad to say, but its true.
I still think Mr. Sanders got knocked around a little till he saw the light. He had a cut on his face, and tears in his eyes as the camera panned his withdrawal from the race. Really sad. History may have been different if it hadn’t been Hillary’s turn.
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