In a huge upset in Florida’s governor race, Democrat Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeated former US Rep. Gwen Graham to clinch the Democratic nomination.
Backed by Bernie Sanders and Tom Steyer, who runs those national ads about impeaching Trump, Gillum now has to defeat Trump-backed Republican US Rep. Ron DeSantis. If Gillum wins, he’ll be Arizona’s first black governor.
In a New Yorker profile, the politician is shown connecting with his voters by telling his life story, which is dramatically different than most Republicans across the aisle:
“Last Sunday, Gillum spoke at St. Ruth Missionary Baptist Church, in Dania Beach, Florida. I was in a pew near the back. Over six feet tall, with a shaved head and handsome, Gillum took the pulpit and told the congregation about his life. He was born poor, in Miami. His mother was a school-bus driver and his father was a construction laborer. He was the fifth of seven children, and the first to graduate from high school.”In one of his only campaign ads, Gillum turns to the camera and asks: “What’s impossible? The son of a bus driver becoming mayor of the capital city? Is it impossible to come from nothing, be outspent 10-to-1 and win?”
Only in America, folks.
