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Jacob OglesNovember 18, 2018

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Democrat Andrew Gillum formally conceded the race for Florida Governor for a second time. Standing alongside wife, R. Jai, in a Facebook Live video and wearing an jacket for his alma mater Florida A&M University, the Tallahassee mayor formally brought to a close one of the most dramatic gubernatorial elections in state history. “This has been the […]

Ryan NicolNovember 18, 2018

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While many polls missed the mark in Florida’s multiple statewide midterm races, some surveys nearly hit the nail on the head in what turned out to be a chaotic cycle. Cygnal, a polling firm founded by Brent Buchanan, was one of the better pollsters in terms of the U.S. Senate and Governor’s races here in […]

Jacob OglesNovember 17, 2018

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President Donald Trump may have just directed his most damaging tweet yet at Democrat Andrew Gillum. He paid him a compliment. “Congratulations to Andrew Gillum on having run a really tough and competitive race for Governor of the Great State of Florida,” Trump tweeted. “He will be a strong Democrat warrior long into the future—a […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2018

Republican Ron DeSantis, the 40-year-old former three-term Congressman, has defeated Democrat Andrew Gillum to become the next Governor of Florida after a mandated machine recount. The win was just 0.4 percent, a spread of 33,652 votes. The gubernatorial race, like the U.S. Senate and Agriculture Commissioner contests, had margins under the 0.50 percent threshold that triggers a recount. With the margin more than […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2018

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Barry Richard, representing Democrat Andrew Gillum as the recount progresses, has a unique perspective on these matters. In 2000, Richard was George W. Bush‘s lawyer. Unlike 18 years ago, Richard’s client may not prevail: with an hour before the Thursday at 3 p.m. machine recount deadline, there is little indication that Gillum will overcome the 0.41 percent […]

Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018

The Orange County vote canvassing board has completed its machine recounts of the 2018 election with very little change in the final tabulations of contested races. Orange is the first of Florida’s seven big, urban counties — which include Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Duval — to report the machine-recount numbers. It’s among […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum awaits the results of the machine recount in the race for Florida Governor against Republican Ron DeSantis. In what seems to be a strategic move, the Democrat bypassed in-state media in his first interview since rescinding his concession of the race. Gillum preferred instead to give quotes to Rolling Stone (the kind of move […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2018

During the sleepy, largely oppo-free Democratic primary campaign for Governor, one of the rare moments of interest was when a previously-unknown group made moves to take the frontrunner down. The Collective PAC, dedicated to putting African-Americans into office, spent $2 million backing Andrew Gillum during the campaign. Of that sum, $1.75 million went to ads chipping […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2018

First the vote. Then the “spoiler” charge. After every close election, the inevitable post-game narrative involves some variation of “did the third-party candidate cause a major party candidate to lose?” A couple of examples for those new to American politics: the Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan effects in 2000. The Jill Stein and Gary Johnson blame game after 2016. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 14, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott’s senatorial campaign and the National Republican Senatorial Committee are suing the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office for not allowing a designated representative for each group into the room where ballots are being recounted. The parties filed the suit Tuesday in the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County. The […]

Tag: Andrew Gillum

With recount completed, Andrew Gillum concedes—again

Cygnal Polling founder talks firm’s success in Florida midterms

The Kiss-off: Donald Trump dubs Andrew Gillum strong warrior—in the ‘future’

After winning Governor’s race, Ron DeSantis seeks summit with Andrew Gillum

More ‘vitriol’ now than in 2000 recount: Andrew Gillum’s lawyer

Orange County machine recount finished with no discernible changes

National strategy? Andrew Gillum bypasses Florida press, gives Rolling Stone exclusive

How the Collective PAC almost brought it home for Andrew Gillum

Third-party gubernatorial candidate rejects ‘spoiler’ argument

Rick Scott files recount lawsuit against Hillsborough elections supervisor