![]() ![]() “When you have four people in the race, typically the one who is rising at the end is the one not being attacked.” “Gillum is definitely rising,” Steve Schale, a Democratic operative in the state, told me before the primary. John Lewis (D-GA), had led in almost every public poll. Graham, who served one term in the US House and had the endorsement of Sen. State politicos thought Gillum benefited from being the odd man out in what was at times a fierce battle between Graham and Greene in particular. Pete Polls survey before the election found him trailing Graham by just 7 points. But political operatives in the state had picked up a sense of momentum for his campaign, and the last St. Gillum had led in no independent polls before Tuesday’s primary, so his win is a genuine surprise. There is also, however, an ongoing FBI investigation into corruption in the Tallahassee city government - though Gillum has not been implicated in any way, according to the Tampa Bay Times.ĭeSantis, currently a member of the US House, has done everything he can to embrace Donald Trump, complete with a campaign ad in which he builds a wall with his daughter and puts his young son in a Make America Great Again onesie. He has also joined with other progressive leaders who want to abolish the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after the family separations crisis. Gillum also supports expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, which Florida has thus far refused to do, leaving hundreds of thousands of its poorest residents without coverage. Gillum talks with residents in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami on August 13, 2018. He has proposed hiking the state’s corporate tax rate to fund education, raising its minimum wage to $15, and he endorsed a Medicare-for-all single-payer health care system at the national level. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Our Revolution, and Democracy for America in the primary. The state capital’s mayor since 2014, Gillum is young at 39, black (he would also be Florida’s first black governor), and pretty far to the left ideologically. He will face Republican Ron DeSantis in November’s general election, a race that election forecasters have rated a toss-up. He won out over Gwen Graham, a former member of Congress, the daughter of a former governor and senator, and the presumed Democratic frontrunner former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine and businessman Jeff Greene. Gillum is the first black Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Florida history. 1 Demon Deacons for its last home weekend series.Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum prevailed in the hotly contested Democratic primary election for Florida governor, giving the left another marquee win in the 2018 midterms. Up Next: Florida State has a very big test, hosting the No. While most of the hits were extra bases Seminole pitchers only walked two batters and hit none limiting the damage that could be done on those extra-base hits. Two of those five hits were home runs and another was a double. Kirkland pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to secure the game for Florida State.Īs a group, the FSU pitching staff kept Jacksonville largely at bay with only five hits recorded. Ross sliced a bloop single over the shortstop giving FSU the lead and then padded it when Jaimie Ferrer’s fly-out was lost in the lights in right field. After Jordan Carrion flew out to center Ross once again came up big. Colton Vincent got on base to start the inning by way of an error and moved up to second on Connor Moore’s sac bunt. | JAX 2, FSU 2 /TXvRKuRMfh- FSU Baseball May 9, 2023ĭespite the struggles this team has seen they haven’t given up and they didn’t give up on this night either. The very next batter was a Jacksonville home run once again tying the game, this time at four.Īll tied up on Cam's 7th dub. Smith would score one batter later on a wild pitch giving FSU a 4-3 lead. The Seminoles used a bit of two-out magic with a Tibbs walk, Smith single, and Treyton Rank double to left field tying the game. Doug Kirkland came on and did surrender a run on a sac fly but also struck out three in three innings of work and gave up just one hit. In the seventh Jacksonville started the inning and moved up 60 feet on a wild pitch during a sac bunt attempt. Unfortunately, the ‘Noles could not take any more advantage and struck out twice with runners at second and third.īen Barrett took over for Arnold in the fourth and pitched a solid 2.2 innings (three hits, three strikeouts, no walks). He would come around one batter later when Cam Smith doubled to left field. First career leadoff HR, second HR of the seasonī1 | JAX 0, FSU 1 /b28HlO7VnR- FSU Baseball May 9, 2023įSU would tie up the game in the fifth with Ross starting the inning with a single and moving up on a James Tibbs walk. ![]()
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