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Fried moves into Ag Commissioner lead, Gillum within recount threshold

Rick Outzen November 8, 2018

As predicted, Nikki Fried has moved ahead of Matt Caldwell in the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture race by 575 votes. Andrew Gillum continues to advance on Rob DeSantis. The gap is now 38,515 votes —0.467 percent difference which is within the mandatory recount threshold of 0.5 percent.

Rick Scott’s lead over Bill Nelson has shrunk to 17,344.

Stay tuned.

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”