First African American nominee for governor in Florida

[bigtree]

POLITICO @politico 11m11 minutes ago
Andrew Gillum is now the first African American nominee for governor in Florida.

Gillum pulled off a historic upset against Gwen Graham. He'll now face Republican Ron DeSantis — backed by Donald Trump — in November's general election. More live results: https://politi.co/2wtv1T5




...this is an indication that young folks and minority voters are turning out, with big victories for Gillum in Miami-Dade and Broward. Gillum also surprised in Jacksonville (Orange Co.) and Lee.

This is also a wake-up call to the Democratic party to give more heed to progressive voters, and to work to expand our voter base by appealing to these newly emerging voters who put Gillum over the top; energized, younger, more diverse, potential voters for the general election.

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[Lunabell]

1. A progressive!

Woot!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. And double bonus... Gillum is the 1st African American nominee for Fla Governor...

... about frickin' time!!!

[The Blue Flower]

2. I voted for him and I'm thrilled

And here I was worried that he wasn't running nearly as many tv ads as Graham, Green, and Levine. Last I heard, he was travelling all over the state, talking to people in person.

[bigtree]

7. saw that

Josh Kraushaar @HotlineJosh
Overlooked:

Per NBC News data, Gillum only spent $589K on TV, while Collective PAC spent $1.2M.

For context, Levine camp spent $23M (!), while Graham camp spent $8M.
9:14 PM - Aug 28, 2018

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[mcar]

3. Endorsed by a wide variety of Democratic groups

I am quite enthusiastic about him!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. Ecstatic!!

[HipChick]

4. Well done!...

[NightWatcher]

5. Hoping for history in Florida and Georgia.

[sprinkleeninow]

6. Reminds me some of Idris Elba. 😍

What. I've lost my head. 😱😁
Way to go FLA!
💙🇺🇸🌊

[rzemanfl]

9. This cannot be a thread about Gillum. Everyone here has over a thousand posts! n/t

[sprinkleeninow]

27. Well, it be. Not my state 🌴, but I yam thrilled. 😃

[pazzyanne]

28. Same here. My cousin and her family live in Florida.

[sprinkleeninow]

33. We 'had' two sets of parents there. FLA was our 2nd home.

Your cos and family will benefit when Idris, I MEAN ANDREW [phew!], becomes The Honorable one.

[pazzyanne]

35. I've already talked to her.

She, her son, and several nieces and nephews are all on board. She has had enough of Rick Scott.

[sprinkleeninow]

36. Very good!

[sheshe2]

30. Lol

Saw that...

[Equinox Moon]

8. Congratulations!

[workinclasszero]

10. WTG Dems!

[UTUSN]

11. Fine, so what are the chances?

[Scurrilous]

12. Go Gillum!

[TomSlick]

15. Let's go Florida!

Lot's of work to be done between now and November.

[BigmanPigman]

16. YIPPIE!

[workinclasszero]

17. Graham is on board go democrats!

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[IrishEyes]

22. Another reason that I'm proud to be a democrat.

As soon as Graham loses the nomination, she endorses the winner. We all have to work together to turn as many state governments as blue as we can. Andrew Gillum seems great. I'm happy he won the nomination. I hope he beats the pants off of the trump endorsed Ron Desantis

[appal_jack]

23. Extremely prompt & entirely classy.

I love seeing this sort of unity and commitment to the greater cause from candidate Graham.

Go Gillum!

k&r,

-nt

[workinclasszero]

25. Very gracious of Graham

To immediately get this unity message out.

[mountain grammy]

29. All Right! Way to go!

Classy woman! Go Gillum!!! Go Florida. Enough Republican slime and algae! The red tide is killing your state. Vote Blue!

[efhmc]

31. I tweeted this: I am in Texas,

but I find your immediate response of support for your opponent to be absolutely fabulous.

[workinclasszero]

32. It was fabulous of her!

[radical noodle]

41. This is the way it should always be done

No hesitation, no pouting, just good old fashioned support.

[JoeOtterbein]

18. K & R !!!

Again for Gillum!

[Roland99]

19. I actually decided on him when I early voted.

I have been undecided until I walked in the door and it just hit me. I knew I had to vote for him

[MaryMagdaline]

39. We had some really good choices. I wasn't going to be disappointed with

Any of them. I was back and forth until the last minute and finally voted Levine. Very impressed with Gillum’s statewide showing. He did well in every county

It might be a case of “everyone loves a winner,” but I am actually optimistic. I like to see good political skills to go along with the right positions on issues and we might just have that with Gillum.

[trickyguy]

20. Gillum looks like the kind of man I'd vote for and I'm in Wisconsin. Congratulations.

[Docreed2003]

21. An incredible night

Very happy for Mr Gillum. I've heard him several times on Mark Thompson's morning show "Make it Plain"....he's impressive and he's passionate and if i lived in Florida I wouldn't hesitate to vote for him!

[Uncle Joe]

24. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread bigtree.

[katmondoo]

26. I will vote for him, I will support him and he will win against trumpers candidate

[spanone]

34. K&R...

[Awsi Dooger]

37. Gillum did a great job while interviewed by Don Lemon tonight on CNN

I'm not sure how he could have been more articulate or impressive.

Based on that interview I think he would have won the primary by greater margin, with more exposure the past few months

[ismnotwasm]

38. K&R

[radical noodle]

40. He was my second choice

I hope he can win. The state needs a Democratic governor so badly.

[AC_Mem]

43. I voted for him :)

It's a good night...

Annette in Orlando