ANDREW GILLUM

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'm raising three children. I'm teaching my kids what it means, the Golden Rule, to treat people like you want to be treated.

It's really interesting when I go into a community where they haven't seen me before because I often get, 'I didn't know you were black.'

In the handbook of Donald Trump, they no longer do whistle calls - they're now using full bullhorns.

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?

I recognize out of the box that I am not the establishment candidate. There's nothing about me that would have anybody draw the conclusion that I am somehow preordained for anything.

DeSantis can do the bidding of big business and big lobbyists and Donald Trump and his divisive rhetoric. I'm going to be here to do the business of the people of the state of Florida. That's the job of the governor of this state.

We cannot afford to weaponize race.

It's very clear that Mr. DeSantis is taking a page directly from the campaign manual of Donald Trump.

I've got a mortgage, and we've got three kids we work hard to take care of. I believe that we deserve a seat at the table, too, to represent the voices of everyday people.

I'm going to stay true. I'm going to stay true to my values.

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 going to get down in the gutter with DeSantis and Trump - there's enough of that going on.

If we really mean that people's votes are to be counted, the timelines ought to exist around what it takes to count every vote.

If I'm not the Democratic nominee, I'm gonna get out there and work for whoever the Democratic nominee is, because I believe they will be better than the alternative.

I was literally sued - drug through court for two years by the NRA and the gun lobby - all because, in my city, we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn't shoot guns in city parks.

I don't want to be that person who's looking squarely at the shortcomings in the process right where I sit and then choose to walk away and do nothing.

Florida A&M University was my first real introduction to politics as a heavyweight game.

People are entitled to their friendships, and we're all entitled to be disappointed by our friends when they disappoint us.

Get out there and vote like your lives depend on it.

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.

I'm black. I've been black all my life, and as far as I know, I'll die black.

The polls tell us something, but they don't tell us everything. They don't tell us how people are going to show up on Election Day.

I ran as a Democrat. I am a Democrat. And, frankly, the values that I hold, I think, are consistent with the values of the Democratic Party. In fact, I think they are the values shared by the majority of Floridians.

I have a very easy time saying no to friends.