What major factors contributed to Gillum's loss?

[Woody]

I think the Hamilton tickets really took a dent on him.

[Tekken_Guy]

-His comments on defunding the police
-His ties to Bernie Sanders
-Rick Scott’s millions he poured into his own race

[Progressive Pessimist]

Running in Florida, especially as a black man with ethics issues.

At this point let's just be glad he managed to keep the election within 1%. No Democrat will ever be able to do that again, even ones better than him.

[TML]

He campaigned as a progressive in the primary, but shifted more toward the center/right after the primary. This actually dampened enthusiasm among Democratic base voters for him (in fact, some progressive YouTube commentators report getting comments from people who lost enthusiasm for him after his rightward pivot). Perhaps if he had maintained a consistent ideology either way from start to finish, he might have gotten both himself and Nelson over the finish line.

[RRusso1982]

Running in Florida, especially as a black man with ethics issues.

At this point let's just be glad he managed to keep the election within 1%. No Democrat will ever be able to do that again, even ones better than him.

Progressive Pessimist, I hear that the RNC wants to hire you.  They want to pay you to go into a Democratic campaign HQ and demoralize the workers.

[Girlytree]

He was a corrupt mayor and was an easy target for the inevitable socialism attacks. And DeSantis brought out the base. Plus, a hotly contested senate seat with the outgoing governor running made this a much higher turnout and more hypernationalized electorate than in previous years.

Dems should have nominated Gwen Graham. I still believe she would have won.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

Running in Florida, especially as a black man with ethics issues.

At this point let's just be glad he managed to keep the election within 1%. No Democrat will ever be able to do that again, even ones better than him.

Progressive Pessimist, I hear that the RNC wants to hire you.  They want to pay you to go into a Democratic campaign HQ and demoralize the workers.

I heard they already scheduled an interview with SnowLabrador

[Never Made it to Graceland]

Elderly uneducated voters who are probably dead now thanks to DeathSantis.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Running in Florida, especially as a black man with ethics issues.

At this point let's just be glad he managed to keep the election within 1%. No Democrat will ever be able to do that again, even ones better than him.

Progressive Pessimist, I hear that the RNC wants to hire you.  They want to pay you to go into a Democratic campaign HQ and demoralize the workers.

Or I will be doing the best thing possible for these Florida campaign workers' lives and help them realize that they need a new job. They should go to Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, or Texas instead if they really want to help Democrats get elected.

Running in Florida, especially as a black man with ethics issues.

At this point let's just be glad he managed to keep the election within 1%. No Democrat will ever be able to do that again, even ones better than him.

Progressive Pessimist, I hear that the RNC wants to hire you.  They want to pay you to go into a Democratic campaign HQ and demoralize the workers.

I heard they already scheduled an interview with SnowLabrador

In my defense, I don't think I'm as bad as him.

[brucejoel99]

My interning for him at campaign HQ, obviously.

[Heebie Jeebie]

Accusing DeSantis of being a racist.