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Andrew Gillum
Democrats Shouldn’t Run Away From Their Non-White Party Base White racial resentments are on the rise again. But Democrats shouldn’t dispossess non-white voters in a bid to chase white voters they may never win.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 15, 2020
Will 2020 Be Jimmy Carter’s Revenge? The Democratic South is rising again, but this time it’s multiracial and progressive.
By Ed Kilgore
Andrew Gillum to Enter Rehab for Alcoholism After Hotel-Room Incident The Florida Democrat is seeking treatment for alcoholism after he was found in a hotel room with two other men and “suspected crystal meth.”
By Adam K. Raymond
vision 2020
Oct. 13, 2019
How Early Is Too Early to Think About a Veep? Speculation about a Warren–Gillum ticket may be premature, but it’s a good excuse to think about the factors influencing the choice of a running mate.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 16, 2019
In a Eulogy for a Friend, Biden May Have Buried the Old Democratic Party, Too Biden and his late South Carolina friend were both embodiments of a more accommodating era of politics. Can Biden “evolve” beyond it?
By Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Mar. 20, 2019
Andrew Gillum’s Next Campaign: Registering Voters in Florida Both Gillum and the Florida Democratic Party are aiming to register droves of voters, as the GOP focuses on limiting who can vote in 2020.
By Sarah Jones
state of the union address
Feb. 6, 2019
Abrams Delivers in State of the Union Response It was the best SOTU response in years, and showed why southern — and not just southern — Democrats are excited about her future.
By Ed Kilgore
Ron DeSantis Didn’t Expunge His Record of Racism By Pardoning the Groveland Four Florida’s governor is granting himself plausible deniability regarding racism by resolving a Jim Crow-era miscarriage of justice.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2018 midterms
Dec. 4, 2018
Democratic Weakness Among Florida Latinos in 2018 a Warning A poor performance among Latinos cost Democrats the governorship and a Senate seat in this key battleground state. They’d better focus on it soon.
By Ed Kilgore
voting rights
Nov. 29, 2018
Tim Scott Kills Confirmation of Judge Accused of Vote Suppression Thomas Farr has been a close associate of North Carolina’s Republican warriors against voting rights. Two GOP defections stopped his confirmation.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 27, 2018
Hyde-Smith Defeats Espy in Mississippi, But Not by the Expected Margin Mike Espy held his own in an uphill fight against Hyde-Smith, whose racially-tinged gaffes weren’t quite enough to elect a Democrat in Mississippi.
By Ed Kilgore
the psephological arts
Nov. 22, 2018
The Polls Were Fine If Not Perfect in 2018 Polls were more accurate than average and didn’t show any notable partisan lean, despite the sky-high turnout that surprised everybody.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 15, 2018
One Florida Recount Ends, and the Last One Begins It appears the machine recount of the Florida midterms is complete, with a hand recount of the Senate — but not the gubernatorial — race up next.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 14, 2018
Overheated Machines, Deadlines, and Other News From the Latest Florida Recount A statewide machine recount is supposed to end on Thursday, followed by a hand recount that could upset apparent Republican victories.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 12, 2018
The Republican Denial of Trump’s Racism Is Absurd Over the last week, Trump’s bigotry has grown even more obvious and undeniable. Republicans deny it anyway.
By Jonathan Chait
2018 midterms
Nov. 12, 2018
Florida Recounts Proceed Amid Wild GOP Claims of Election Stealing From Florida to Washington, Republicans are making some pretty lurid accusations about recounts they were probably going to win anyway.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 9, 2018
All the Midterm Races That Remain Unresolved There are ten House races, two Senate races, and two gubernatorial races where there’s still doubt about who won.
By Ed Kilgore
A Different Kind of Democratic Party Is Rising in the South A more diverse and ideologically progressive breed of southern Democrat is moving to the fore, based on a coalition of minority and suburban voters.
By Ed Kilgore
florida recount
Nov. 8, 2018
Rubio: Democrats Are Trying to Steal Florida Elections by Counting All the Votes The Republican senator argues that Democrats are illegitimately trying to steal elections in Florida by insisting on a legally mandated recount.
By Eric Levitz
Ron DeSantis’s Lies Tying Andrew Gillum to Crime Have a Long History The Florida governor’s race has become a showcase for age-old myths about blackness and crime.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
2018 midterms
Oct. 29, 2018
Polling Update: Every Day Brings Conflicting Evidence of Midterm Trends Eight days out and counting, Democrats remain on the cusp of a pretty solid midterm win — but it’s close.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 26, 2018
Andrew Gillum, Model Candidate The Democrats’ gubernatorial nominee in Florida is a high-stakes bet on what the future of American politics looks like.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
2018 midterms
Oct. 24, 2018
Two Weeks Before Midterms, the Polls Are an Inkblot Test There’s good news for Democrats, good news for Republicans, some fresh news from little-polled races, and some outliers, too.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 21, 2018
11 Tight Governor’s Races Will Shape America’s Political Landscape Democrats will probably make overall gains, but there are an amazing eleven gubernatorial elections that are tossups.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 17, 2018
Hurricane Michael Is Already Affecting the Midterms Florida Governor Rick Scott could delay state elections due to the storm’s impact, but not his own Senate race. In Georgia, early voting has begun.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Oct. 8, 2018
Hurricane Michael Threatens to Upend Florida Elections Even if Republicans don’t want to acknowledge that climate change is real, they have to deal with the political reality of more intense autumn storms.
By Ed Kilgore
andrew gillum
Sept. 11, 2018
Will Andrew Gillum’s Christian Progressive Running Mate Help Win Evangelicals? It’s not clear whether Gillum was doubling down or reaching out to evangelicals with his unconventional choice of Chris King as running-mate.
By Ed Kilgore
ron desantis
Sept. 10, 2018
Report: Ron DeSantis Spoke at Conference Organized by Racist Extremist Just days after making racist remarks himself, this won’t do much for the Florida gubernatorial candidate’s reputation.
By Benjamin Hart
2018 midterms
Sept. 5, 2018
Andrew Gillum Could Make Progressivism the New Pragmatism The Florida gubernatorial candidate is leading in early polls — and he isn’t the only left-wing Democrat who’s beating the spread in Trump country.
By Eric Levitz
2018 elections
Aug. 30, 2018
If Gillum’s Coalition Shows Up in November, It Could Be a Game-Changer Florida’s Andrew Gillum seems to have gotten a lot of young and minority voters who don’t usually participate in midterms to show up.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 primaries
Aug. 28, 2018
Progressive Andrew Gillum Wins Florida Democratic Gubernatorial Primary in Upset Bernie Sanders–endorsed Gillum, who hopes to be Florida’s first black governor, will face Trump pick Ron DeSantis in a high-stakes general election.
By Ed Kilgore
