Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who lost his bid for Florida Governor to Ron DeSantis by less than half a percentage point, today announced the goal of registering 1 million voters for the 2020 elections.

“Are y’all ready to flip Florida Blue? Or better yet are you ready to flip the United States of America blue?” Gillum said to a cheering crowd at the Florida Memorial University Wellness Center in Miami Gardens.

Gillum hit the stage around 7 p.m., about an hour after he was scheduled to appear and more than 11 hours after Politico, the Miami Herald and others already reported he would be launching a voter registration drive — something he’d been hinting at for months.

“Don’t you think if we can put a million new voters on the table what that will mean for the state of Florida?” Gillum said.

Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who lost his bid for Florida Governor to Ron DeSantis by less than half a percentage point, today announced the goal of registering 1 million voters for the 2020 elections.

“Are y’all ready to flip Florida Blue? Or better yet are you ready to flip the United States of America blue?” Gillum said to a cheering crowd at the Florida Memorial University Wellness Center in Miami Gardens.

Gillum hit the stage around 7 p.m., about an hour after he was scheduled to appear and more than 11 hours after Politico, the Miami Herald and others already reported he would be launching a voter registration drive — something he’d been hinting at for months.

“Don’t you think if we can put a million new voters on the table what that will mean for the state of Florida?” Gillum said.