Gillum and Democratic super PAC join forces to flip Florida House
TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Gillum and a super PAC that helped flip the Virginia General Assembly to Democrats are teaming up to turn back more than two decades of Republican rule in the Florida House.
Gillum, the 2018 Democratic candidate for governor, and Forward Majority will target as many as 25 seats in Florida that they say could turn blue with a little help — and money — from outside groups.
If the partnership succeeds, it will mark another victory for Forward Majority, which has spent millions of dollars on legislative races around the country since 2017. This year, it spent about $500,000 to help Democrats regain control of the Virginia Legislature for the first time since 1999. Two years earlier, the group spent $1 million on Virginia races.
Forward Majority is trying to turn back a Republican grip on statehouses that has held tight for two decades and grew even stronger while President Barack Obama was in office. The group is making a big push ahead of 2020, when state lawmakers will draw new legislative and congressional maps before the 2022 election.
Florida is a highly competitive presidential swing state, but its political machinery is controlled almost entirely by Republicans, who have held a trifecta on the statehouse and governor's mansion since 1999.
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2019/11/27/gillum-and-democratic-super-pac-team-up-in-uphill-battle-to-flip-florida-house-1229891
