5/26/2023 0 Comments Florida midterm results 2018![]() ![]() ![]() The Democratic candidate won a lot of laudatory press coverage and was even buzzed about as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, but he was also weighed down by a corruption scandal in the city he served.Ĥ winners and 2 losers from the 2018 midterm electionsĪn FBI investigation into corruption in the state capital raised some uncomfortable questions for Gillum about a Broadway staging of Hamilton, a trip to Costa Rica, and a former college friend.Īdam Corey, a lobbyist and Gillum’s friend, allegedly sought to exploit his position to secure multimillion-dollar redevelopment contracts and otherwise work on behalf of the undercover FBI agents who were posing as developers. DeSantis was also forced to disavow white nationalists who made racist robocalls attacking Gillum. In the end, though, barring a historic reversal in the recount, DeSantis will eventually be confirmed as Florida’s next governor.ĭeSantis clung tightly to President Donald Trump, except when Trump advanced a conspiracy theory about the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. DeSantis leads Gillum by more than 30,000 votes - a gap unlikely to be closed even in a recount - but the margin is within 0.5 points, which triggers a recount under Florida law. The Associated Press called the race for DeSantis on Election Night, and Gillum initially conceded. Republican Ron DeSantis has likely defeated Democrat Andrew Gillum, the young Tallahassee mayor who was vying to become the first black governor in Florida history, to keep the Sunshine State’s governor’s mansion in GOP hands. ![]()
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