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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFL-GOV: Gillum raises $3 million in five days
Andrew Gillum fell into money. Ron DeSantis fell off the radar.
In the wake of the racially charged atmosphere that kicked off the general election campaign for Florida governor, the two contenders headed in starkly different directions.
Gillum became a national figure overnight and was interviewed by and mentioned in the national media so frequently that his campaign had trouble tracking his mentions as the cash rolled in: $3 million between Election Day and Sunday, when the Florida Democratic Partys first African-American nominee for governor appeared on NBCs Meet the Press, CNNs State of the Union and MSNBCs AM Joy.
On Wednesday alone, Gillum was mentioned so many times on TV that it gave him the commercial ad-time equivalent of $23.5 million nationally, $3.8 million in the state, his campaign estimated. And the Tallahassee mayors likeness was even included this weekend along with 50 black cultural and pop-star figures in the new cartoon video Feels Like Summer from the artist Childish Gambino.
In contrast, DeSantis who won his GOP primary after leveraging his frequent Fox News appearances into a presidential endorsement was barely on the air, while Gillum even put in an appearance of his own on Fox.
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/09/04/gillum-raises-profile-and-cash-in-florida-as-desantis-gets-quiet-591214
https://andrewgillum.com
sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)SunSeeker
(51,607 posts)As people kept saying, he's got that special "it" of a political star. Dude is going to kick ass.
Thekaspervote
(32,785 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Demovictory9
(32,467 posts)sandensea
(21,644 posts)Lizard Rick has one too of course: Steal the election.
Second nature to him.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)DeSantis still favored but very narrowly now
RandySF
(59,052 posts)Its an uphill battle.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)I don't see how this is not a tight race. Florida is tight all the time. And normally the side with the national slant wins the majority of the very close races, especially if the state itself is a swing state.
When we lose narrowly this cycle I think it will be in the uphill states, the traditionally red states that aren't seriously contested in presidential terms, and especially if our nominee is not the incumbent. Those are the races I'm not conceding but I would be surprised. I won't be surprised with Gillum.
Two new polls also had Nelson tied with Scott at 47. That's better than recent indications.