Jacob Ogles
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum will mark the 30-days-out mark from Election Day with a “Weekend of Action.”
On Saturday, the candidate can be found at the Florida A&M University homecoming, where he marches in the parade and tosses the coin at the start of the game for his alma mater.
But by the evening, he’ll be in Palm Beach County delivering a major speech at Democrats’ annual gala.
The campaign itself may be hosting the most important events in terms of organizing a winning operation.
Some 20 field offices will open statewide in every corner of the state, including in Pensacola, Tampa, Fort Myers Miami Gardens and Vero Beach. These events will include dispatches of thousands of volunteers into neighborhoods. Those who aren’t knocking of doors will call voters from phone banks or send texts to mobile phone users.
“The energy and enthusiasm are there, and we will make we harness that momentum behind Mayor Gillum’s vision,” said Gillum for Governor campaign manager Brandon Davis.
“To bring it home in November, we will be working every single day between now and Election Day, spreading the Mayor’s vision of Florida—access to affordable and quality healthcare, investment in Florida’s schools, and protecting the environment.”
Seven targeted voter coalitions will also host their own campaign events this weekend, including: Women for Andrew Gillum, Hispanics for Gillum, Florida Veterans for Gillum, LGBTQ for Gillum, Environmentalists for Gillum, Students for Gillum and Boricuas por Gillum.
The campaigns plan to hammer in messages of affordable health care, access to public education and economic opportunity.
Gillum also has pushed back against attacks on the crime rates in Tallahassee.
In a press release, Gillum’s campaign said over 10 years of Gillum’s tenure in Tallahassee, violent crime fell over 10 percent and the city developed into one of the fastest growing economies per capita in Florida.
2 comments
Juan Ruiz
October 6, 2018 at 2:52 pm
Parents of special needs students need to VOTE DESANTIS as Gillum is a socialist who does not believe in vouchers, so bye bye to the wonderful Gardiner special needs voucher and to the McKay voucher. The teacher’s union wants to end vouchers and if Gillum gets in, we will be back to the way it was, with only public school for those who cannot afford private special needs school without a voucher. No gracias. No al socialismo.
Beth Stone
October 7, 2018 at 1:03 pm
Do not even think about voting DeSantis. Here are the facts:
1. Gillum knows that a quality public education is still the est path to equal opportunity.
2. Gillum has proposed a plan to invest 1 billion in our public schools, students, and teachers.
3. Gillum supports paying teaches a starting salary of $50,000.
DeSantis fully supports Betsy DeVos and plans to divert funding from Florida’s public schools into for profit schools. These for profit schools do not have the same accountability standards as public schools
I am a school psychologist and have seen the failed results of the McKay scholarship program. There were many parents who used the McKay scholarship for their special needs children with very poor results. These students eventually found their way back into the public schools, which had a much better track record. Vote Gillum and bring it home Florida!!
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