ELECTION/MIKE PENCE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is holding onto hope that his pre-midterm rally sprint will ensure the ‘blue wave’ hits a ‘red wall’ during Tuesday’s [11-6-18] elections — and he didn’t pass up an opportunity to talk up his own 2020 reelection push, either. After a brief introduction by Vice President Mike Pence during Saturday [11-3-18] evening’s rally in Pensacola, Fla., Trump launched right into his endorsement of two Republicans in hotly-contested races in Florida — former Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis in his gubernatorial run against Democrat Andrew Gillum, who currently serves as mayor of Tallahassee, and Republican Gov. Rick Scott in the tight Senate race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.”
–Aubree Eliza Weaver, “Trump riles up Florida voters for Scott, DeSantis,” Politico, November 3, 2018 8:46 pm