| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Gillum to face tougher road in Florida after primary stunner | Andrew Gillum's remarkable victory in Florida's Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday energized progressives and showed the Tallahassee mayor's ability to win over fellow party members thanks in part to a late endorsement from Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
But Gillum, 39, is likely to face a tougher general election battle in a state where President Trump remains more popular than in other swing states and one that hasn't elected a Democrat to the governor's mansion in decades.
Gillum will face off against Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a Trump-backed conservative who has hitched himself closely to the president, pitting two populists from different sides of the political spectrum against one another in what many see as a proxy war between Trump and Sanders.
DeSantis, 39, has campaigned hard on the Trump agenda, but he has largely earned the support of his party, despite facing an intense backlash on Wednesday after warning Florida voters not to "monkey this up" by voting for Gillum. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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