DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Florida’s high-stakes gubernatorial race will be fought between a progressive Democrat vying to become the state’s first black chief executive and a Republican congressman closely allied with President Donald Trump. In a late primary season shocker, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeated the front runner, former Rep. Gwen Graham, who had led in the polls for most of the campaign. He emerged from a field of five competitive candidates, in which he was the only non-millionaire and only supporter of ‘Medicare for all’ single-payer health care, to become the state’s first black gubernatorial nominee…Gillum will face Republican nominee Rep. Ron DeSantis, setting up a clear ideological battle between progressive Democrats and a Trump-styled Republican in a major presidential battleground state. In a statement Tuesday night, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who campaigned for Gillum in Florida earlier this month, cheered the 39-year-old’s “vision” and cast him as an emerging leader in the broader progressive movement.”
–Gregory Krieg, “Bernie-backed progressive Andrew Gillum will face a Trump-styled Republican in Florida’s governor’s race,” CNN Politics, CNN.com August 28, 2018 11:49 pm