For the Second Time, Democrat Andrew Gillum Concedes in Florida Governor's Race

Governing: Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum, for the second time, conceded the race for Florida governor to Republican Ron DeSantis on Saturday, three days after a statewide machine recount indicated DeSantis retained his winning lead and as contentious recounts in two other statewide races draw to a close.

"We said we would fight until the last vote is counted," said Gillum with his wife R. Jai in a video livestreamed on Facebook Saturday afternoon. "Now that we are rounding that process out, R. Jai and I wanted to take a moment to congratulate Mr. DeSantis on becoming the next governor of the great state of Florida."

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