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A.G. GancarskiOctober 23, 2018

In the aftermath of Sunday night’s gubernatorial debate between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis, both candidates feel like they got the job done. Gillum, speaking in Jacksonville Monday, essentially spiked the ball on DeSantis to a partisan crowd assembled for the “Winning Ticket.” “Did y’all see that whooping we put on Ron DeSantis? This brother […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2018

As early in-person voting kicked off Monday for the first time at Jacksonville’s University of North Florida, Democratic chances were jolted by a tested commodity at the lecturn: former Vice President Joe Biden. Biden, leading many polls of 2020 hopefuls for the party’s nomination for President, isn’t the only potential top-of-the-ticket presence to hit the state. […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 22, 2018

The political arm of Florida Conservation Voters is spending nearly $500,000 on digital advertising to back Andrew Gillum, the Democratic option for Governor this fall. The news comes a week after Gillum’s Republican opponent Ron DeSantis scored a coveted endorsement from the Everglades Trust — support that could convince undecided voters that DeSantis is the […]

Jacob OglesOctober 22, 2018

Florida Police Benevolent Association President John Kazanjian is telling voters Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis “has our back” in a new robocall going out statewide. The bulk of the call, though, slams Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum for a sometimes contentious relationship with police leaders. “Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum has failed us,” Kazanjian says in […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 22, 2018

The two candidates competing to become Florida’s next Governor are shaping up for a photo finish on Nov. 6. That’s according to the results of the latest survey from St. Pete Polls, which has consecutively put Democrat Andrew Gillum with an inside-the-margin-of-error lead over Republican Ron DeSantis. The poll, conducted over the weekend but wrapped […]

Jacob OglesOctober 22, 2018

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Florida’s gubernatorial candidates took the debate stage—and met one another—for the first time in a debate hosted by CNN in Tampa. Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum traded barbs on President Donald Trump and the crime rate in Tallahassee, often delivering low blows amid high-minded policy points. DeSantis stressed his record as an Iraq […]

Jacob OglesOctober 22, 2018

Hours before a Florida gubernatorial debate on the network, CNN released a poll showing Democratic candidate Andrew Gillum with a 12-point edge over Republican Ron DeSantis. DeSantis officials pushed back against the CNN survey, which Republicans say “polled an electorate never seen in Florida.” The same poll asked voters their stance in Florida’s U.S. Senate […]

Drew WilsonOctober 21, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and former Congressman Ron DeSantis are set to square off in their first gubernatorial debate this evening, and a new poll shows Gillum is heading into the televised head-to-head with a 6-point lead. The poll, conducted by Tom Eldon’s SEA Polling & Strategic Design, found Gillum, a Democrat, up 48-42 percent […]

Jacob OglesOctober 21, 2018

Blackish star Tracee Ellis Ross and Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels hit the campaign trail in Miami this weekend for the Democratic ticket. The entertainer-activists joined R. Jai Gillum, wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, during a community forum on criminal justice reform at the Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Social and Economic Institute. There, speakers leaned […]

Jacob OglesOctober 21, 2018

An internal poll shows Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis holding a two-point edge over Democrat Andrew Gillum heading into a CNN debate Sunday evening. The new poll shows DeSantis at 47 percent, with Gillum at 45 percent and another 7 percent of voters unsure. A memo from Susie Wiles, DeSantis for Governor campaign chair, said […]

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Florida PBA leader records robocall attacking Andrew Gillum on crime

Latest St. Pete Polls survey pegs Fla. Gov. race Andrew Gillum 47%, Ron DeSantis 46%

Ron DeSantis, Andrew Gillum play to bases during terse gubernatorial debate

Outlier? Andrew Gillum up by 10 in new CNN poll; Ron DeSantis camp challenges timing, methodology

Poll: Andrew Gillum enters first gubernatorial debate with 6-point lead

R. Jai Gillum tackles clemency reform alongside Lee Daniels, Tracee Ellis Ross

Ron DeSantis internal poll shows two-point lead over Andrew Gillum