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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!
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Tell me again how Ocasio-Cortez was a fluke.
The Dems are now openly and unabashedly a Socialist party. And luck of the draw says that they’re bound to win a certain number of elections.
Be very afraid.
“August 2016: Miller and another undercover agent go on outings with Mayor Andrew Gillum and lobbyist Adam Corey in New York City. Photographs of the outings, which included a boat ride in New York Harbor, surface in 2017 and 2018.”... more below...
It’s gonna get interesting...
from link:
Below is a timeline of what we know about the FBI investigation into public corruption in Tallahassee.
August 2015: An undercover FBI agent posing as developer Mike Miller attends annual chamber conference in Sandestin. He and at least two other agents spend the next year and a half hobnobbing with local business and political leaders.
More: Mike Sweets brings medical marijuana link into FBI probe
Brian Butler’s background full of question marks
This photo shows the three men believed to be undercover
When I went to bed last night, Graham was still ahead of Gillum by 4%. FL Democrats are going to regret having gotten rid of the runoff. Graham was the stronger candidate for the general. I found it curious that Gillum apparently spent the least of the major candidates, not that he was cash poor. But, he did bust the usual conclusion that the wealthiest candidate wins the nomination.
The Democrats have been Socialist since 1896. The party is Communist now.
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