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  Who would you rather save: Nelson or Gillum? (search mode)
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Question: Which Florida Democrat would you rather save?
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Bill Nelson
 
#2
Andrew Gillum
 
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Total Voters: 116

Author Topic: Who would you rather save: Nelson or Gillum?  (Read 2200 times)
Skill and Chance
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« on: January 10, 2020, 04:59:19 PM »

It could be argued that the governorship of a large state is more important than a single Senate seat, as long that Senate seat doesn't determine the chamber's control.

I think that view is correct, especially in a cycle where the new governor got to immediately fill 3 of the 7 seats on the state's supreme court through a nearly unilateral process.

Of course, Florida has NC rules for legislative redistricting, so an opposite party can only veto the congressional map.  But the FL legislative maps immediately go to the state supreme court for review, so see the first sentence. 
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Skill and Chance
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2020, 09:19:02 PM »

Nelson, on principle.

Gillum would likely have been an extremely unpopular Governor who would have been defeated for re-election.  DeSantis is nowhere near as bad as Scott was (although I'm not singing his praises for 2024).

But only after he made (essentially) lifetime appointments for 42% of the state supreme court.
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