Andrew Gillum Quotes

United States, Politician
July 26, 1979

Andrew Demese Gillum is an American politician who served as the 126th Mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for Governor of Florida in the 2018 election. He previously was a Tallahassee City Commissioner from 2003 until 2014, first elected at the age of 23.

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

Andrew Gillum
- Table
- Menu
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.

Andrew Gillum
- Victory
- Court
- Voters

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

Andrew Gillum
- Lives
- Vote
- Depend
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.

Andrew Gillum
- Vote
- Count
- Timelines
I'm going to stay true. I'm going to stay true to my values.

Andrew Gillum
- True
- Values
- Stay
Of course you've got a low unemployment rate when people have got to work two and three jobs just to make ends meet.

Andrew Gillum
- Jobs
- Rate
- Unemployment
When you tell the truth, you don't have to change your testimony.

Andrew Gillum
- Truth
- Change
- Testimony
The job of the governor of the state of Florida is to do what is in the best interest of the people of the state of Florida.

Andrew Gillum
- People
- Job
- Interest

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.

Andrew Gillum
Most people project onto you what they think you can do.

Andrew Gillum
- People
- Think
- Project
I consider myself an activist who governs.

Andrew Gillum
- Activist
- Governs