Here’s what you need to know about Stacey Abrams’ Wednesday campaign stops in Florida
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Stacey Abrams
Georgia progressive will rally young voters in Central Florida.

Former Georgia Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams will rally Florida voters on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.

Where

Abrams will be the headliner for a Get Out the Vote event in Daytona Beach, organized by Joe Biden’s Presidential campaign. An exact location was not announced.

She heads then to the Zora Neale Hurston Mural in Eatonville.

She’s also expected to swing over to a Get Out The Youth Vote event in Orlando. Again, the location wasn’t provided in advance, but expect a focus on the college crowd.

When

The Democrat will speak at 11 a.m. in Daytona Beach. She’ll start the Eatonville visit and press conference at 1:30 p.m. Abrams expects to be in Orlando for the youth rally by 3 p.m.

Who

The events include other star power. Former Sen. Bill Nelson, who knows too well how close Florida elections get, will appear alongside Abrams in Eatonville.

Then state Reps. Carlos Guillermo Smith and Anna Eskamani, practical avatars of the young progressive vote in Florida, will join her for the Orlando rally.

Georgia on her mind

Abrams rocketed to national stardom when she waged a closer-than-anyone-predicted campaign for Governor of Georgia. She ultimately lost to Republican Brian Kemp, the Secretary of State overseeing the election, amid complaints of minority disenfranchisement. Again, that’s a subject with resonance among Florida progressives.

But it’s notable she’s in Florida today, as two tight U.S. Senate contests play out in the Peach State. Biden just yesterday rallied for votes in Georgia, a place almost unimaginable as purple when Biden last ran alongside Barack Obama in 2012. Abrams’ own ambitions have been the subject of speculation, but Democratic performance there could show whether a path for a progressive Democrat now exists just north of Florida.

Jacob Ogles

Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg. His work has appeared nationally in The Advocate, Wired and other publications. Events like SRQ’s Where The Votes Are workshops made Ogles one of Southwest Florida’s most respected political analysts, and outlets like WWSB ABC 7 and WSRQ Sarasota have featured his insights. He can be reached at [email protected].


3 comments

  • roscoe

    October 28, 2020 at 4:02 pm

    you can find her in the all you eat line.

  • James Robert Miles

    October 29, 2020 at 1:39 pm

    Typical right-wing A’hole. When you have NOTHING INTELLIGENT to say, just make fun of her size! Another GOP idiotic jackass!

  • Ronald Hoffman

    October 29, 2020 at 2:46 pm

    Name calling now JAMES Miles you LIB RETARD BULLY ? I bet you wouldn’t say that to Roscoe’s face would you WIMPY? You and your ilk are disgusting and wannabe tough guys on your keyboard in grandma’s basement lmfao? All talk and NO action just like your husband said last night at couple’s counseling!
    PS She is even fatter than you and twice as dumb. That heffers 15 minutes was over last year like your ex boyfriend Andrew Gulliums career!!! And yes I use my real name unlike you sissy!

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