Inside Andrew Gillum’s campaign to become Florida’s first black governor

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🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Aug. 28 is primary day in Florida and a chance for Andrew Gillum to become the state's first African American democratic nominee for governor. To reacquaint you, this episode is a rerun of our June conversation with the man who could make history.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone this is Jonathan Cape Heart and welcome to Cape Up.
0:10.0	Today August 28th is primary day in Florida and if all goes according to his plan
0:14.9	Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum would become the state's Democratic nominee for
0:19.2	governor, the first African American to do so. Gillum was a guest on Cape Up in June
0:24.4	and he sounded an awful lot like Stacey Abrams,
0:27.2	now the Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia.
0:30.3	Will Gillum have the same success?
0:32.7	To get you reacquainted with him, this episode is a rerun of that June conversation with the man who could
0:37.9	make history.
0:38.9	Mayor Gillum, thank you very much for being on the podcast.
0:43.4	Thank you brother, I appreciate the opportunity, Jonathan.
0:45.5	So you are the mayor of Tallahassee, Florida.
0:48.8	Yeah.
0:49.8	And are you term limited?
0:51.8	I am not. No, I've been on the council for 12 years.
0:56.3	I'm now in my 15th.
0:58.5	Yeah.
0:59.5	You're the youngest person ever elected.
1:01.2	Yeah.
1:02.2	To the council. And now you're now you said in your 15th year I'm in my
1:05.7	15th year and you're not term limited as mayor not term limited my term
1:10.3	expires in November but I could run again but I will not be running again, obviously.
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