AT UCH AT YOU. BUT FOR NOW LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY EZZY CASTRO GETTING RESULTS. HE ALL
RIGHT, AS WE THANK YOU, SEE
>> JULIE: UCF HISTORY,
PROFESSOR AND NEWS 6 POLITICAL
ANALYST DOCTOR JIM CLARK JOINS
US NOW. JIM, I FEEL LIKE WE
JUST SAW A LONG NIGHT. GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. AND CHARLIE CRIST, THIS
IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY
RACE. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
BE A TOUGH. I THE NEW THINKING
IS RUNNING AGAINST RON
DESANTIS.
>> BUT HE’S ALSO RUNNING
AGAINST 111 MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT’S HOW MUCH STATUS IS
RAISED ALREADY. AND HE’LL
PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, GET
ANOTHER 30 OR 40 MILLION. AND
THAT’S TOUGH TO COUNTER,
ESPECIALLY IN AN EXPENSIVE
STATE LIKE FLORIDA. AS YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE A TELEVISION
MARKETS IN FLORIDA AND IT’S
TOUGH TO TO REACH THEM ALL AND
LESS. YOU’VE GOT MONEY.
>> BRIDGETT: AND WHEN IT COMES
TO BUILD, IT MAKES YOU PULLED
OFF A WIN LAST NIGHT. SHE WAS
AHEAD BY A LARGE MARGIN. SO
WASN’T A HUGE SURPRISE THERE
FOR HER TO WIN. NOW WHAT
HAPPENS MOVING FORWARD IN THAT
RACE AGAINST RUBIO?
SURPRISINGLY, I THINK SHE HAS
BEEN OUT RAISING BY A
SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN SHE’S ALSO
BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
HER PROBLEM ALTHOUGH SHE’S
KNOWN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
>> SHE’S NOT KNOWN STATEWIDE.
AND SO SHE’S GOING TO HAVE TO
SPEND A LOT OF MONEY JUST
GETTING HERSELF TO BE FAMILIAR
WITH THE VOTERS THROUGHOUT THE
REST OF THE STATE.
>> CANDACE: AND CONTINUE THAT
TREND ON SURPRISES. ANYTHING
THAT SURPRISE YOU MAY BE IN
THE CONGRESS RAISE? YEAH. I
WAS SURPRISED AT HOW WELL
LAURA LOOMER DID. SHE HAD
MOVED TO THAT DISTRICT A
>> CHALLENGE. DAN WEBSTER, WHO
HAD BEEN IN CONGRESS FOR A
DOZEN YEARS. BUT IN POLITICS
FOR MORE THAN FOR DECADES. AND
SHE CAME VERY CLOSE TO A
PULLING IT OFF.
>> AND SHE HASN’T CONCEDED
YET. RIGHT?
>> NO, I THINK SHE’S GOING
KIND OF BEAT THE DRUM AGAINST
AS YOU NO AGAINST THE MEDIA
AGAINST THE THE VOTING AND
EVERYTHING IN THE END AND
WEBSTER LOST IN SUMTER COUNTY,
WHICH IS THE VILLAGES AND
NEEDED HOME COUNTY, ORANGE
COUNTY, THE WINTER GARDEN AREA
TO PULL IT, PULL IT OUT FOR
HIM. SO I’M SURE HE GOT THE
SCARE OF HIS LIFE LAST NIGHT
MAXWELL FROST POTENTIALLY
COULD BE THE FIRST MEMBER OF
CONGRESS FROM GEN Z TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YEAH,
THAT’S AN AMAZING STORY WHEN
WE TALKED TO 8, 9 MONTHS AGO.
>> THE ASSUMPTION WAS STATE
SENATOR BRACEY HAD IT LOCKED
AND THEN FROST CAME LITERALLY
OUT OF NOWHERE. 25 YEARS OLD.
ALMOST UNKNOWN TO THE VOTERS.
BUT HE HAD THE ENDORSEMENT OF
PEOPLE LIKE BERNIE SANDERS,
ELIZABETH WARREN THE A F L C I
O HE GOT A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE
MONEY. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK
ABOUT IT. HERE’S A GUY. 25
YEARS OLD, UNKNOWN. DEFEATING
A STATE SENATOR AND 2 FORMER
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS UNHEARD
OF. YEAH. BY PRETTY BIG
MARGIN. YES. BY A COMFORTABLE
MARGIN. YEAH. YEAH. IT’S
INTERESTING TO HOW MUCH MORE
WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THAT
CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD.
>> WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO
THE SCHOOL BOARD’S? WE LOOK AT
THE INFLUENCE OF THE
GOVERNOR’S SUPPORT BEHIND MANY
OF THESE CANDIDATES WHO WON
LAST NIGHT. I THINK THAT’S
GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST
STORIES COMING OUT OF
>> PRIMARY NIGHT. AS YOU KNOW,
ALL YEAR, PEOPLE HAVE TRACKING
DONALD TRUMP’S ENDORSEMENTS
OUT. HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DOES
HE STILL HAVE? AND HE’S
BATTING ABOUT 900. SO THAT’S
THAT’S AN ENVIABLE NUMBER. THE
QUESTION WAS WHAT THE GOVERNOR
HAD THE SAME KIND OF IMPACT
AND SCHOOL BOARD RACES HE
ENDORSED 30 PEOPLE IN SCHOOL
BOARDS AND IT WAS KIND OF A
LATE HAPHAZARD THING. AND YET
SO FAR, 26 OF HIS 30 OF ONE
MOST WARNING AGAINST
ENTRENCHED INCUMBENTS. 2 ARE
STILL, YOU KNOW, ON THE FENCE.
BUT AN AMAZING NIGHT. NOT ONLY
DID HE WIN THE NOMINATION, OF
COURSE, BUT IT REALLY SHOWS
HIS REACH THAT HE WAS ABLE TO
CONTROL THESE RACES.
>> AND THEN ATTORNEY ARAMIS
AYALA NOW TAKING ON ASHLEY
MOODY. WHAT’S KIND OF THE YEAR
YEAR? WHAT DOES WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN NOW FOR FOR? YOU
BASICALLY WE HAVE SOMEONE
RUNNING FOR
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO IS
OPPOSED TO THE DEATH THE
RIGHT, WHICH IS NEVER HAPPENED
IN FLORIDA. SO AGAIN, I THINK
SHE HAS A AN UPHILL CLIMB IT’S
GOING TO BE MORE DIFFICULT FOR
HER TO RAISE MONEY BECAUSE I
THINK ALL THE MONEY IS GOING
TO GO FOR KRISTEN SO I THINK
SHE’S GOING HAVE A TOUGHER
TIME.