THESE RACES THAT ARE SO CLOSE,
EVERY VOTE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
SOMEONE WATCHING THE
CHANGING NUMBERS -- SUMMER
WATCHING THE CHANGING NUMBERS
QUICKLY PICK AND ONE IS NIKKI
FRIED AND WE HAVE HER HERE
LIVE.
WELCOME.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
DECLARING VICTORY BUT WHEN YOU
ARE BEHIND AND THEY WERE
CONCEDING DEFEAT, WHAT HAS
CHANGED?
SINCE TUESDAY WE HAVE WANTED
TO SEE HOW THE PROCESS WORKS
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE BEHIND THE
PROCESS AND THE VOTES ARE
COUNTED.
WE FELT THAT AS THE VOTES GOT
COUNTED WE ARE HEADED AS WE ARE
TONIGHT AND THAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TUESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
WE HAVE A STATEMENT THAT
CAME IN FROM MATT CALDWELL,
YOUR OPPONENT.
THIS IS WHAT MATT CALDWELL
SAYS, WE HAVE WATCHED THE
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
DEMONSTRATE GROSS INCOMPETENCE
AND POTENTIAL CORRUPTION. OVER
THE PAST TWO DAYS THE OFFICE
HAS REFUSED TO GIVE EITHER AN
ACCURATE COUNT ABOUT BALLOTS OR
WHERE THEY CAME FROM ALL WHILE
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
CONTINUE TO PICK UP THOUSANDS
OF NEW VOTES.
THIS IS THE OFFICE, A RECORD
HAVE BEEN CONNED SINCE -- OF
INCOMPETENCE AND ILLEGAL
BEHAVIOR.
THE VOTERS WILL MAKE THE
DECISION, IT'S NOT A PROCESS
ISSUE.
I DO BELIEVE THE VOTERS ARE
SPEAKING AND AT THE END I WILL
BE THEIR CHOICE.
DO YOU THINK SHE IS DOING A
GOOD JOB?
ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT WE STILL
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL COUNT
IS?
BROWARD IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST COUNTIES VOTING -WISE
IN THE ENTIRE STATE AND THERE
IS A LOT OF VOTER TURNOUT.
I WOULD RATHER IT BE DONE RIGHT
AND DEMOCRACY DOESN'T HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT.
WHAT HAS THIS BEEN LIKE FOR
YOU? YOU LOST POTENTIALLY OR
DID YOU THINK YOU WOULD PULL
AHEAD.
WE BELIEVE THAT AS THE
PROCESS WAS GOING ON AND MORE
VOTES WERE COUNTED THAT WE
WOULD BE IN THE POSITION WE
ARE.
WHAT IS YOUR CAMPAIGN DOING
RIGHT NOW X WE HEARD ABOUT
BRINGING IN THE LAWYERS IS THAT
ALL ABOUT LAWYERS AND WHO PAYS
FOR ALL THE LAWYERS?
WE ARE LASER FOCUSED ON THIS
. IT'S OUR PRIORITY MAKING
SURE THAT WE HAVE -- THAT THE
VOTERS ARE BEING HEARD.
AND ONCE SATURDAY IS DONE WE
TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
WHAT ABOUT THE ATTORNEYS
BROUGHT IN?
WE HAVE OUR OWN SET OF
ATTORNEYS AND THE PARTY HAS
ATTORNEYS, MAKING SURE THAT THE
CANDIDATES AND THE PARTIES ARE
TAKING CARE OF.
A LOT OF LAWYERS.
DO YOU SEE EXTRA VOTES COMING
IN FROM ANY PARTICULAR PART OF
THE STATE?
WE HAVE MORE VOTES COMING IN
FROM BROWARD COUNTY WHICH I
BELIEVE ARE PROVISIONAL
BALLOTS.
I BELIEVE THERE IS ALSO SOME --
10,000 OR SO LEFT IN PALM BEACH
COUNTY AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE
ELSE.
THE BALLOTS IN PALM BEACH,
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 10,000
BALLOTS AND THAT COULD BE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
DO YOU HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
THOSE WILL BE VOTES FOR NIKKI
FRIED?
WE DO AND THAT'S BASED ON
THE REST OF THE COUNTY AND HOW
THEY VOTED.
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO IS
CRITICIZING THE BROWARD
ELECTION DEPARTMENT FOR
COUNTING SO SLOWLY AND YOU JUST
RESPONDED TO HIM ON TWITTER.
IT'S MAKING SURE THE VOTERS
VOICES ARE BEING HEARD.
THE PROCESS IS WORKING AND THE
VOTERS ARE SPEAKING.
IF IT GOES TO MANUAL RECOUNT
IT WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS.
CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US ON THAT
PROCESS?
BASICALLY EVERYBODY IN ALL
57 COUNTIES THERE ARE TABLES
PUT UP AND EACH BALLOT IS
EXAMINED BY SOMEBODY FROM THE
SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE AND EACH OF
THE CANDIDATES OR A
REPRESENTATIVE AND EACH ONE IS
PERSONALLY COUNTED AND MAKING
SURE THERE'S NO DISCREPANCIES.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT YOU
PREPARING POSSIBLY TO TAKE
OFFICE?
AS SOON AS SATURDAY COMES
AND I'M DECLARED I WILL START
WORKING ON THE NEXT STEP IN
MAKING SURE I'M PUTTING THE
GOVERNMENT TOGETHER.
HAVE YOU BEEN CONNECTING
WITH MR. CALDWELL AT ALL?
COMMUNICATING ON HOW TO
STREAMLINE THE PROCESS?
THERE HAS BEEN NO
COMMUNICATION.
WERE YOU THE ONLY STATEWIDE
DEMOCRAT THAT IF YOU DO GET THE
WIN, WOULD YOU BE THE ONLY
STATEWIDE DEMOCRAT AND WET --
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE
APPARENTLY DONE BETTER THAN
OTHER DEMOCRATS?
I WOULD BE THE ONLY DEMOCRAT
IN THE ENTIRE STATE. AND I
THINK THE REASON WHY I WAS ABLE
TO WIN AND PROPORTIONS IS
BECAUSE I HAVE A DIFFERENT
MESSAGE. I WAS CROSSING PARTY
LINES BECAUSE I HAD A MISSION
TO CHANGE HOW WE LOOK AT THE
AGRICULTURE COMMISSION AND TO
MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST DEEMED
US AGRICULTURE BUT OVERSEEING
ALL THE ENERGY, WATER, CONSUMER
SERVICES AND I SPOKE OUTSIDE
THE BOX WITH NEW AND INNOVATIVE
IDEAS AND CREATIVITY AND I
BELIEVE THE VOTERS APPRECIATED
THAT.
HE ALSO SPOKE OUTSIDE THE
BOX ABOUT LEGALIZING MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW SO
MANY PATIENTS ARE NOT GETTING
THE ACCESS THEY VOTED FOR AND
I'M A HUGE PROPONENT OF MAKING
SURE THE PATIENTS COME FIRST
AND WE ARE EXPANDING ACCESS AND
THAT'S MY FIRST PRIORITY AND
RECOGNIZING THAT LEGALIZATION
WILL COME IN THE INEVITABLE
FUTURE AND MAKING SURE WE ARE
DOING THE RIGHT STEPS SO WE
HAVE A TAXABLE INCOME AND WE
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FARMERS
TO ACTUALLY GROW A DIFFERENT