In this blog, I’ll be providing updates and curating feeds from our team covering the governor’s race, which is spread out across the state. Follow along with me as we track the results in one of the most closely watched races in the country, which pits the Democratic mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, against a former Republican Congressman, Ron DeSantis. My name is Kirby Wilson and I cover the governor’s race for the Tampa Bay Times. Ron will appoint conservative justices to empower parents through school choice and keep Florida a low-tax, job creating machine. At least one of Gillum’s Democratic primary rivals, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, will attend Gillum’s election night party in Tallahassee.īest of luck to my friend today. "Take a moment and consider how extraordinary it is to live in mega state with 13 million voters who over and over and over again deliver elections decided by 1 percentage point.įor those of us too weak to resist looking yet again at all those Florida polls, let’s consider how the polls wound up stacking up to reality in prior neck and neck contests. Gross November 6, 2018Īs of right now, in the bellwether Tampa Bay-area counties (Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough), Republicans lead Democrats in turnout by about 20,000 votes.Ĥ47,023 Republicans have voted in those four counties, compared to 426,863 Democrats and 232,150 voters who aren’t affiliated with any party.Ĥ:04 p.m.: While we wait for results and turnout numbers, Times political editor Adam C. This is particularly a problem with college students and the homeless population.- Samantha J. Although voters can change their address at the precinct, some are being told by poll workers that's not allowed and are being turned away. □️Address changes have been a recurring issue statewide. They were ushered into a dining hall commons with a Chick-fil-A, where some supporters began to strike up a chant of “bring it home, bring it home.”ĭespite evening rainstorms, Leon County, home of Andrew Gillum, had a staggering turnout of almost two-thirds, reports the Tallahassee Democrat’s Skip Foster: Shortly after 6 p.m., a press tent that had been set up for reporters began to leak, then pour, through the seams, causing members of the media to scramble for their equipment. The weather, he added, would "show who really supports him."ĭemocrats spent the final weeks of the race optimistically hoping for a blue wave, a different kind of deluge struck before the event opened up to supporters Tuesday evening. Hiding from the rain under an umbrella outside a student dining hall, senior Vince Williams, 21, said he would reassess whether or not to stay after his evening class wrapped up at 8 p.m. More than 5,000 RSVP'ed to the event, according to the campaign, though it was unclear as sun set and rain showers started passing through how many of those would show up. Andrew Gillum, in a call back to his college days, is holding his election night watch party outside at Florida A&M University, where organizers had set up fencing throughout the quad and a stage, set up outside Lee Hall, was bathed in blue spotlights.
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