Quotes from Andrew Gillum

We're going to expand access to health care by expanding Medicaid in my state.

I've endorsed 'Medicare for All' at the federal level. I do not believe a state can accomplish that on its own.

We fail to continue to talk to, to court, to engage our voters. And then we look up and expect our nominees to look up and go from 0 to 100 in a matter of two months to try to secure a victory.

What Republican voters have shown us is that when they have the choice between the real thing and the fake one, they go with the real one every time.

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.

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.

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.

If you want to own the power of God at your waist belt, you should have a background check. If you are a domestic violence abuser, convicted, you should not have a gun where you could snuff out the lives of your loved ones.

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.

We cannot afford to weaponize race.

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.

I don't need a set of message board points to tell me that people are hurting in my state. I know it because I've lived it.

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.

If you're not at the table, you're on the menu.

A hit dog will holler.

As my grandmother told me — never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it. So ignore him and vote, Florida!"

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

Listen, if Donald Trump were the man you elected president, you'd probably be pretty depressed, too.

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

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

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.

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

My challenge is that because I am not self-funding... I'm going out leaning on the generosity of everyday folks.

I consider myself an activist who governs.