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Article snippet: Andrew Gillum's remarkable victory in Florida's Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday energized progressives and showed the Tallahassee mayor's ability to win over fellow party members thanks in part to a late endorsement from MORE (I-Vt.). But Gillum, 39, is likely to face a tougher general election battle in a state where President Trump remains more popular than in other swing states and one that hasn't elected a Democrat to the governor's mansion in decades. Gillum will face off against Rep. MORE (R-Fla.), a Trump-backed conservative who has hitched himself closely to the president, pitting two populists from different sides of the political spectrum against one another in what many see as a proxy war between Trump and Sanders. DeSantis, 39, has campaigned hard on the Trump agenda, but he has largely earned the support of his party, despite facing an intense backlash on Wednesday after warning Florida voters not to "monkey this up" by voting for Gillum. Gillum, by contrast, remains largely untested even within his own party despite winning city-wide races in Tallahassee for well over a decade. The Democratic results were far from a blowout: Gillum prevailed in a crowded Democratic primary by winning 34.3 percent of the vote, edging out former Rep. MORE who got 31.3 percent. DeSantis, by contrast, blew out his Republican opponent by winning 56.5 percent of the vote. That, according to some political observers, still leaves open the question of whether ... Link to the full article to read more