Andrew Gillum

In spite of the fact of my dad telling me that if I did well, I could go to the military, I said, 'No, I want to go to college.' ”

I'm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist. ”

The job of the governor of the state of Florida is to do what is in the best interest of the people of the state of Florida. ”

Regular, everyday working people in my state recognize that communities are going to have crime. They know that. The question is what do communities do about it? ”

My challenge is that because I am not self-funding... I'm going out leaning on the generosity of everyday folks. ”

I do know that I don't want to see anybody legitimately have the excuse that they are not voting because their votes don't count. That can't happen - whether I'm the one impacted by that vote or not. ”

I've been elected for 15 years without so much as a smidgen of a stain on my public record. I'm confident that I've done nothing wrong. Nothing unethical and nothing illegal. ”

People do want to see themselves reflected. They'll never believe that Gwen Graham, Philip Levine, Chris King, or Jeff Greene will be a better representative of their interests than I will be. ”

I am one of seven kids, number five of seven, and the first of my siblings to graduate from high school and the first to graduate from college. ”

I actually believe that Florida and its rich diversity are going to be looking for a governor who's going to bring us together, not divide us. Not misogynist, not racist, not bigots. ”