Steyer to Spend Millions Backing Gillum in Florida

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2018/09/25/steyer-to-spend-millions-backing-gillum-in-florida/

Steyer to Spend Millions Backing Gillum in Florida

September 25, 2018 at 6:31 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard

“Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor and Democratic activist, has directed his political operation to spend more than $5 million aiding Andrew Gillum’s campaign for governor of Florida, an enormous investment that will test whether fired-up Democratic voters can flip control of a state long dominated by Republicans,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Steyer said in an interview that he would spend more money in Florida this fall than any other state. He endorsed Mr. Gillum in the Democratic primary, and hailed him as a model for the national Democratic Party.”

[Funtatlaguy]

1. In several recent polls, Gillum is doing 4 points better in his gubernatorial race

than Nelson is in his Senate race.
E.g. one poll had Gillum up by 4 points on DeSantis but Scott and Nelson tied.
If that trend holds, Gillum needs to pull away to help Nelson with some coattails.
Would love to see Gillum up by 8 and Nelson by 4 on Election Day.

[babylonsister]

2. I read last night Nelson is also up.

Quinnipiac poll: Rick Scott trails Bill Nelson in U.S. Senate race by 7 points

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/25/poll-bill-nelson-pulls-into-lead-senate-race-against-rick-scott/1421508002/