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DeSantis and Gillum: An Election Day Showdown
There are less five days left in the 2018 election cycle and the Florida governor’s race shows no signs of slowing down. Last week, Ron DeSantis squared off against Democratic opponent Andrew Gillum in the second and final debate of the election cycle. What the debate lacked in policy was made up for in negative attacks from both sides.
Both Andrew Gillum and Ron DeSantis are working overtime to ensure they bring home a win next month. From Trump landing in Fort Myers to Obama heading to Miami on Friday to campaign for Gillum shows the extent to which both parties do not want to lose on November 6th.
For DeSantis, Trump’s rally in Fort Myers was more for Trump than him. Florida has and will serve as the bellwether for Trump’s re-election efforts in 2020, and will serve as a referendum on the president.
Gillum on the other hand enjoyed an 11th hour surge thanks in large part to a Bernie Sanders endorsement during the primary. As such, he went on to win the primary election with one third of the vote and out paced fellow democratic opponent, former Miami Beach Mayor, Phillip Levine, in his own backyard. Hoping to maintain momentum, Obama will join Gillum at a campaign rally in Miami on Friday. Obama flipped Florida blue in 2012 by winning Miami, and this election will need the same results. In order for Gillum to a…
