Biden wins endorsement of Florida Democrats in early show of force

[Jose Garcia]

TALLAHASSEE — In an early show of force, more than a third of Florida’s Democratic state legislators endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in his bid for president.

The endorsements, from 23 of the Legislature’s 64 Democrats, were gathered over the past month by state Rep. Joseph Geller, a Broward County Democrat and longtime Biden supporter. Geller said Biden has the best shot at bridging a growing divide between progressive Democrats and those representing the party’s more moderate, traditional wing.

“It’s a diverse list of supporters that without question shows his support here,” Geller told POLITICO. “Not only do I think he can win, but I think he can unite the factions of the Democratic Party.”

Geller began collecting endorsements in early April, weeks before Biden officially announced his candidacy on April 25, according to endorsement sheets reviewed by POLITICO. The state-level lawmakers join former Florida U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, who is also backing Biden's presidential bid.

More: https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2019/05/02/biden-wins-endorsement-of-florida-democrats-in-early-show-of-force-1005334

[MineralMan]

5. You'll have your chance to do that, I hope.

Assuming that Bernie doesn't drop out before the Florida primary. March 17, I believe that is. I'll be voting for Joe Biden in Minnesota on March 3. We all get to vote for our favorite candidate. Isn't that wonderful?

[NYMinute]

6. ...

[DownriverDem]

2. Yes!

Biden/Harris would be an excellent ticket. We have not had a woman VP. Harris would then be positioned to become President. A strong progressive Dem woman would make everyone happy.

[Kahuna7]

3. Nice. nt

[MineralMan]

4. Positive News for Biden!

Sounds good. I like hearing positive news about our Democratic primary candidates on DU.

[NYMinute]

7. This will be repeated in state after state nt

[MineralMan]

8. I think you're probably right.

Actual elected officials want someone who will pull Democrats together, not divide them. So, they're likely to see Joe Biden as as someone who can do that AND win in the General Election.

They're used to looking at polling numbers and understand the power of the majority. They also understand that it's difficult for anyone who is proposing radical changes to get a majority behind them.

So, I think you're right.

[R B Garr]

9. K&R!

[highplainsdem]

10. K&R

[Cha]

11. The Florida Democrats..

Florida House: Joe Geller, Richard Stark, Susan Valdes, Matt Willhite, Michael Gottlieb, Wengay Newton, Amy Mercado, Shevrin Jones, Mike Grieco, Javier Fernández, Clovis Watson, Nicholas Duran, Tina Polsky, Ramon Alexander, Barbara Watson, Joe Casello, Tracie Davis, John Cortes and David Silvers.

Florida Senate: Gary Farmer, Kevin Rader, Victor Torres and Perry Thurston.

Thank You!