Volume 96 Number 4 | SEPTEMBER 12-18, 2018 | MiamiTimesOnline.com | Ninety-Three Cents Democratic Guber- natorial Candidate Andrew Gillum and his wife R. Jai, far left, pose with his pick for lieutenant governor, Chris King and his wife, Kristen, GILLUM PICKS on the right. Photo illustration by Mitzi Williams-Ogburn CHRISTIAN KING TALLAHASEE MAYOR CHOOSES FORMER OPPONENT CHRIS KING AS RUNNING MATE CAROLYN GUNISS and Christian, made his mon- gardless of who you worship, Though King finished fifth ticket will help Gillum “dou- FELIPE RIVAS ey buying properties and that this state must present in the gubernatorial race, ble down” on these issues, [email protected] turning them into affordable the same opportunities and after campaigning for almost said Sean Foreman, a political housing units after the crash the same justice to all of us,” 18 months, he formed a re- science professor and chair When Tallahassee Mayor of 2008. He worships at he said. lationship with Gillum. The of the Department of History Andrew Gillum picked Win- Summit Church in Orlan- He was one of five ma- two spoke similarly about and Political Science at Barry ter Park entrepreneur Chris do and has been a member We believe that jor Democratic candidates the issues including finding University. “They have the King as his lieutenant gover- of the nondenominational regardless of the color of seeking the nomination for solutions to Florida’s afford- same policy ideas,” Foreman nor last week, he created a church since 2012. He holds your skin, regardless of governor of Florida. On Aug. able housing crisis, providing said. line to the faith community. no special office at the who you love, regardless 28, Floridians chose Gillum access to health care, increas- King’s Christian back- King touts that he is a church, Jaffe said. of who you worship, that to head the gubernatorial ef- ing Florida’s minimum wage, ground may be appealing to Christian as well as a Pro- Gillum and King appeared “ fort. King received 3 percent repealing the “stand your voters, said Foreman. “His this state must present gressive Democrat, who for the first time as a ticket of the votes election night, ground” law and initiating strong faith tradition, which believes in the “Gospel of before more than 1,200 peo- the same opportunities but his plans for reaching criminal justice reform. he openly speaks about, will Love,” said King's spokesman ple Saturday at the Orlan- and the same justice to the governor’s mansion were Both men are 39 years old be an asset, and I think it will Avery Jaffe. do Downtown Recreation all of us.” revived last Thursday. and married with children. appeal to voters across the “He believes that he can Complex. Gillum and King face re- Gillum is married to R. Jai state, but especially in the Af- be a devout Christian and a King addressed the crowd: Chris King cently resigned Florida Rep. and King’s wife’s name is rican-American community.” Progressive Democrat at the “We believe that regardless Ron DeSantis and his run- Kristen. James Bush III, a reverend same time,” Jaffe said. of the color of your skin, re- ning mate, State Rep. Jeanette The selection of King to and newly elected state King, a white, evangelical gardless of who you love, re- Núñez, both Republicans. the Democratic gubernatorial SEE KING 6A Fallout from the primary: One Black senator Newly elected candidates prepare publican mailer that was sent to homes prior to the prima- to represent different demographics ries. Campbell denied the ac- cusations. FELIPE RIVAS beat incumbent Roy Harde- Hardemon’s opponents [email protected] mon for the House District brought up his past, which 109 seat. includes multiple arrests, at If the recent primary elec- But the losses didn’t come campaign forums, and he was tion started to reshape the in a vacuum. The replaced involved in a melee during a political landscape for Black incumbents, Campbell and Model City advisory board Miamians, the November Hardemon, respectively were meeting during campaign general election will com- both involved in some level of season. Hardemon main- plete the makeover. controversy. tained that he was protecting Local senate and Black rep- Campbell was embroiled an attendee at the meeting. resentation went down as in scandals that ranged from Change sometimes has a voters made their picks for allegedly receiving a cash- downside. Oscar Braynon II, new state representatives and stuffed purse from a donor at senator for District 36, which senators. her 60th birthday party and covers parts of Broward and Former prosecutor and at- re-election fundraiser, using Miami-Dade counties, is now torney, Jason Pizzo will re- her position as senator to re- the only Black senator repre- place Haitian-American in- store power to her home and senting South Florida. cumbent senator for District that of several family mem- Miami Times Photo/ Felipe Rivas With the votes, the commu- 38, Daphne Campbell. In the bers following the aftermath Newly elected Florida Senator for District 38 Jason Pizzo, left, talks to a community nity said yes. Yet, are voters Florida House, up-and-com- of Hurricane Irma, to alleged- resident about the different issues affecting Little Haiti during the 2018 Miami Times going to give fresh faces a er Dotie Joseph surprisingly ly attaching her name to a Re- Political Forum. 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As with all the new book and an op-ed by agenda and his worst inclina- prior phases, it’s impossible to an anonymous administra- tions.” The author went on to predict with confidence what hen they staged a “die-in” at Stroger Hospital in tion official portray President describe chaos, dysfunction will happen. But the combi- Chicago earlier this year, Delmonte Johnson and Trump as dangerously capri- and a president who changes nation of the Woodward book his friends — who together formed GoodKids W cious and amoral, exhibiting his mind “from one minute to and the insider’s op-ed feels MadCity, a group dedicated to ending violence in urban com- textbook symptoms of narcis- the next.” It feels as though we like an inflection point. munities — had a straightforward request. They wanted what sistic personality disorder and Even more alarming, how- have entered a new We learned about the in- their wealthier, whiter, more suburban peers already seemed behaving in ways that suggest, ever, was the response from phase of the Trump sanity inside the West Wing to have: freedom from the oppressive fear of being gunned to some, early signs of age-re- retiring Sen. Bob Corker months ago from Michael down in their own neighborhoods. lated dementia. (R-Tenn.), one of the few GOP saga.” Wolff’s “Fire and Fury,” but he Johnson, a 19-year-old who loved to sing and dance, who But you knew that. officials who ever dared to “ got enough little things wrong was an athlete and a budding social activist, will not get to We’ve all known about criticize Trump, even mildly: to cast doubt on the big things see that vision realized. He was shot and killed last Wednes- Trump from the beginning. “This is what all of us have ing to pull the United States he reported. We read it all day after playing basketball near his home. We’ve known that he was en- understood to be the situation out of a trade agreement with again in Omarosa Manigault Johnson's death was tragic and unnecessary and enraging. tirely unfit to hold any public from day one.” South Korea, but former top Newman’s “Unhinged,” but It was also the sort of death that’s become far too common office, much less wield the Trump’s enablers in Con- economic adviser Gary Cohn, she was a professional minor in America, and in particular in Johnson’s hometown, where awesome powers of the pres- gress have all been lying to who saw the move as unthink- celebrity who had only glow- more than 2,000 people have been shot so far this year, nearly idency, regardless of what us.