Tears as Andrew Gillum fails in bid to become Florida's first black governor

Gillum gracious in defeat after conceding to Ron DeSantis but vows to ‘keep fighting, keep working and keep believing’

Win or lose, the race was set to end where it all began.

On the same Florida college campus where Andrew Gillum’s political career began as a student body president 17 years ago, the popular Tallahassee mayor and improbable candidate for governor conceded defeat to Republican Ron DeSantis late on Tuesday night.

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