It's Andrew Gillum's Race to Lose in Florida

[DonViejo]

Gillum has succeeded in creating a surge of excitement around his campaign rarely seen since Barack Obama entered the national stage. Will it be enough?

Andrew Desiderio
11.06.18 4:22 AM ET

TALLAHASSEE, Florida—Thousands of African-American college students. A marching band. Quavo. DJ Khaled. Diddy. They all joined Andrew Gillum at Florida A&M University’s Lawson Center as the clock struck midnight for the Tallahassee mayor’s final rally of the 2018 campaign.

There was a party-like atmosphere that underscored the enthusiasm Gillum has generated throughout his campaign to be Florida’s next governor. But on the eve of the midterm elections, the biggest question for Gillum is whether he can harness that energy among these first-time voters to expand the electorate and propel himself to victory over Republican Ron DeSantis.

The one-time long-shot candidate rocketed to the top of the state’s Democratic ticket after a shock win in the primary fueled, in part, by broad support from African-Americans. And it was no mistake that he held his final rally here at his alma mater, a historically black college.

“Y’all know what it means to party with a purpose? And the purpose is, tomorrow we’ve got to get out and vote like our lives depend on it,” Gillum told the crowd before introducing the evening’s talent. “If you’re willing to do the work, do the difficult task—that quite frankly isn’t so difficult. It’s simply showing up and saying that your life matters.”

As Gillum seeks to mobilize new swaths of the electorate, Republicans are already beginning to sweat about what a Gillum victory would mean for the GOP in 2020 and beyond. For one, Florida is a key swing state in presidential elections. But beyond that, Gillum’s progressive platform and Obama-like charisma could serve as a template for a potential challenger to Trump—one that, in particular, abandons the centrism that has often characterized Democratic campaigns in purple states.

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[sunonmars]

1. Which worries me that they will try every bit of fuckery in the book to make sure he doesnt.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Go AG!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "It's Andrew Gillum's Race to Lose in Florida" is a fucking bullshit headline

for dailybeast.

It just shows the complete lack of any awareness of the state American society, and notably about the deplorable masses that installed what is in the WH right now.

[zipplewrath]

4. It's Floridians race to "lose"

Gillum will go on. It's Floridians in general that will be stuck with the Trump puppet if we don't GOTV.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. EXACTLY!!!!