Can a liberal, black Democrat win the governorship in Florida?

ATLANTA - When Andrew Gillum stepped up to accept the Democratic nomination for Florida governor, he went back to the beginning - back to his working-class roots, back to the lesson he learned at an early age from his grandmother.

"She would say, 'Bring it home,' he said. "'Baby, it ain't just about you' ... There was a belief that if I went far in life, we would all go far in life, that if I did good, we would all do good. Well, Florida, y'all know what? We've got to bring that sense of community, collection and collectivism back to the state of Florida."

Gillum's upset victory in Tuesday's primary made the 39-year-old mayor Tallahassee mayor