Another step of being the first black chief executive. We are monitoring the primary results, the race in arizona tonight. Joining us now is mayor gillum, good evening to you and congratulations. Thank you so much, don. I tell you it has been an amazing evening but it has been an incredible 18 months as we move across the states to red and blue and purple areas. It makes the case that working people deserve their seat at the table and we won tonight. Lets talk specifically tonight. It is a huge offset. You were outspent and you ran to the left of the crowd of field including the governors daughter, how did you win . Well, i tell you i think my opponent spent 90 million in this race. My wife refers to me as seabiscuit. We were counted out at many point and people thought that we would not make it. We kept ongoing steady retailing our way all across the state of florida, a state of 20 million people. People did not think we had a chance but we did. Thanks for the out pouring support everyday working people who basically decided that they have had enough of losing, they have had enough of the status quo and they wanted a candidate whos not perfect but one who reflects their values and one reflects the everyday experiences of the people in this state. Thats what we try to deliver and all over the state, that message carried. All right, let me ask you this, van jones a short time ago spoke highly of you. Dont under estimate and dont count you out because if you do, you are out of your mind. Everyone is analyzing this. Saying he won in the population centers, among demographics and among africanamericans. And, you know van said to me just now, he texted me and said obama is black and won florida twice, you need to remind people of that. What do you say to that . I think hes completely right. We had 20 years of losses and five consecutive democratic nominees for governor who have all come up short and again, no offense to any of them. I work for all of them and wanted to see all of them win. But the truth is running with republican light in the state of florida is not a strategy for winning. The strategy for winning is speaking to our voters and giving our voters something to go out and vote for and not against. We got to move more black voters more brown voters, more young voters, and progressive voters to the polls and i have to tell you, don, it has been my experience that whether we are in red parts or purple parts of the states, folks are frustrated and 44 of the people of the florida says they cant make ends meet. Our average pay of teachers rate in florida is the lowest out of 50 states. Thats a same. Every part of the state fills that message and they feel it personally. It hits them at home and in their pocketbooks. If we continue to move around this state and the places where we are welcome and maybe some places that dont feel so comfortable, talking about how well transform this state into one network from the more well connected, thats how we are going to win in november. Be honest with me, i am here in new york and you said when you are going through the red and blue parts of the states, people listen. Are people receptive to your message as you have been out and about in the states . We found people receptive in our messages. I went and campaigned in the villages. People are like what are you doing in the villages, well, there are voters in the village and they understand when theyre getting a bad deal. We had barack obama who tried to send this state 2. 4 billion to build the high speed road across the corridor. It was in my opinion in the best interest of the people of the state of florida to bring that money in the state of florida. We had an opportunity to expand medicaid for over 700,000 of the most medically needed people in our state. What i said to folks again and all parts of the state that it does not have to be a red or blue or purple issues. The job of the governor is doing the interests of all the people of florida. I am a democratic, most importantly i am a floridian who wants to build a state that has room for everybody. That message is what we talked about throughout the primary. Well double down on that into the general and for voters who again will find me not a candidate, they can choose and for superficial reasons, god bless them. We believe that we can do things in the state and thats what gotten us this far and thats going to make us the next governor of the great state of florida. I have to ask, do you think you are riding an antitrump . I didnt talk about trump. We all know hes uniquely unqualified to our country. We talked about everyday issues and confronting people and the truth is for the communities that we got to motivate and the communities that we got to move and inspire, they feel like they had it worse before trump and it has been bad for quite some time for them and what they want to know is what are you going to do for me and how do you make sure that i can work one job as opposed to multiple jobs. What will we do to make sure they have Affordable Health care and affordable housing. Those are the issues that i have tried to concentrate on and thats what allowed us to propel ourselves from victory and come behind candidate and winning this nomination making history of the first person of color to lead the Democratic Party towards the november election. When we get there to the november fixed elections. We fully anticipate that well be able to capture the hearts and the minds and consciousness and everyday floridians who wants a better future. This is Bernie Sanders tried to reach out to congratulate. Have you seen the statement about you . Let me read it to you. It says congratulations to Andrew Gillum on his victory tonight. What made his campaign so powerful is that hes not working hard to win the election, he has laid out a new vision of the course of the state of florida. No one can take on the political leads of their own. Tonight, floridians are joining andrew and demanding change. Andrew gillum is helping to lead it. Wow, i am honored and i am humbled by the support of the senator. He didnt have to do what he did. I mean i literally went out and campaigned for Hillary Clinton and i endorsed her and a circuit for her and in spite of all of that, the senators say i was the best candidate and came into her state and campaign alongside me. He showed a lot of character and strengths and quite frankly there are a lot of comparisons between our message and i think what we showed is that our candidacy has the ability to bring together the hillary wing and the barack obama wing and the Bernie Sanders wing if you will. If you believe in those factions in our party, bring those folks together and honestly, if we win in november, we have to have a nominee that can bring those folks together and bring some others, some republicans right along with us. The way we are going to do it is by giving voters a reason to go out and vote for something. Thats what we offer in november. You are vying to be the first governor of florida, thats a big deal. Can you imagine . Well, i will tell you, i am vying to be the next governor of the state of florida and i just so happens to be black. Nice. I think there is something happening in this country and even in these dark days of donald trump that in the south with candidates like Stacey Abrams and ben and me here in florida that the new south is being recreated and led by the people that help built the south in the first place. I think there is something powerful and poetic about that. The way we are going to win this race is making sure that voters know that i am going to be the governor for everybody and not just some but for all. Thats as good of an answer that i gotten from anyone here on cnn. Thats a perfect way to end it. Congratulations, good luck to you. Please join us here on cnn and especially congratulations. I look forward to it. Thank you, sir. Andrew gillum winning tonight and joining other politicians of color on the ballot in november. I want to bring in chris krill lizciliza. Shimon. Chris, to you, the governor of the state who happens to be black. You come on the program and you talk about what democrats are doing to turn out Younger Voters and progressive voters, is this working . I think it is working. I know Andrew Gillum personally and i supported him. I could not help but smile throughout the interview that he did with you. Those are the types of people that we are putting up, the Andrew Gillum of the world and the laurie underwoods and these are the folks of the future of the Democratic Party. Folks are taking notice and understanding that yes, candidates of color can win all over this country. And thats what the candidacy of Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams just to name two. He talked about candidate in the south and the south shall rise again, he says theyre the people who helped build the south. It is interesting. What do you think . No, i think you cant help but think of Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams, he mentioned it and maryland. I think you would think of them, you got a really fascinating dynamic in the fall, don. You have in georgia and florida, you dont just have democratic nominee whos trying to be the first black governor in the south. You have on the republican side two loyal Trump Supporters. He got a little bit over shadowed with Andrew Gillum. Rhonda santos nobody thought he would win until donald trump stepped in and saying hes my guy. We talked about this after georgia that you will have a clear choice, you will have a clear choice here too. It speaks to where the two parties are. Well see which one has more power. The right aligned themselves with conspiracy theories and White Supremacists and the agenda thats not for the working america and the left is for the working people. Arizona, lets not forget about that. Well talk about it after the break. Art at the new carfax. Com show me minivans with no reported accidents. Boom. Love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. Start your used car search at the allnew carfax. Com. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . 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I looked over to her staffer, they give me a big thumbs up. They believe she will be coming out to give a victory speech shortly. Theyre waiting a bit more time and a bit more of a comfortable lead. They think this night is going to be going their way. You can hear it yourself, don. This is a happy room. We certainly can when you put the numbers up on your screen, we heard it. Kyung, i want you to standby, i want to bring in rebecca. Rebecca, you are at kelly ward whats going on there . Reporter its a little subdued at the moment. She addressed the group when the numbers started to trickle in. Make no mistake, don, kelly ward is the under dog tonight. It could have been a different race but a crucial turning point in this senate race was the decision by joe arpaio to toss his hat in the ring leading the vote between kelly ward and Sheriff Joe Arpaio thats what we are seeing in the votes tonight. The other is President Trump, kelly ward has been a supporter of the president , has framed herself as such during the primary and there was some question whether the president as he has in other primaries which is trying to toss his opinion into this race and weigh in on this race either for kelli ward or arpaio which he pardoned previously. The president decided not to weigh in that race, something that ultimately helps make mcsally boosted her and republicans are breathing a sigh of relief in washington. This is a Key Senate Race for them. They believe that kelli ward would have been less electable. They need someone who can win in the general. Thank you, both. Well get back to you as need be here on cnn. Back with us Chris Cillizza and symone. And our congressman having been here. Thank you for being here, it is an interesting contrast here, you have a Bernie Sanders democrat and you have a donald trump republican. Good news for the republicans in arizona tonight that the two french candidates arpaio and ward seems to be defeated. Republicans are as you said earlier breathing a sigh of relief that mcsally is the sk d candidate. Now, she had attack a bit to the right given she was dragged over there by her two opponents. She has to work to try to Better Center herself of the general election. Ward did not do herself any favors this week as it relates to john mccain. Thats correct. Yeah, she mishandled it horribly to speak that way of the wonderful senator, so ungracious. At the end of the day, it is not trending well forward and mcsally looks like she was in good work prior to the senators death. Senator, Martha Mcsally, was praised by donald trump. She embraced that. Heres part of her ad. Watch. My friend, shes the real deal. I am tired of their bs excuses, i am a Fighter Pilot and i talk like one. Thats why i tell republicans, grow a pair of ovaries and get the job done. It is interesting mcsally would not publicly enforce trump. But has she done enough for trumps base . Shes very she can be very direct as she was in that commercial. She struck me as having a pragmatic side. On immigration she probably moves further to the right. She will have to come back on that issue. Overall, i think shes well positioned to be competitive of this election. I want to be clear though. This election cycle is going to be very difficult for republicans. We republicans particularly in the house are playing defense just about everywhere. We know that. So this Arizona Senate seat may be the ultimate bellwether where you have two candidates of each party more or less one. This could be a race and one that could decide the majority. Don, if you look at it. Mcsally won the district thats difficult to win, she won by being able to appeal on both sides. It speaks to the fact that it is impossible to come out in a republican primary and doing anything other than aligning yourself with President Trump. I mean, mcsallys politics and donald trump politics are 180 degrees apart. She runs an ad like that and i remember the moment donald trump said that, it was signing the Defense Authorization bill up in new york. The republican senators were thrilled because they knew that could be used in an ad and that was a good thing for Martha Mcsally. Look at the races around country. I wrote about this today. Donald trump has not been hugely success for many things. He says a lot of stuff thats not true. One thing he says thats true, he moves votes in republican primaries. He definitely symone, i want you to weigh in. Mccain voted for trump, 83 of the time and all of these candidates are running much more conservative than them. Arizona is trumps land now, correct . Well, i would say that arizona is right for democratic, not just a nominee for a senate but a democratic senator from arizona. Chris, the issue of this primary has been much like a lot of the gop primaries, it has been bloody and a fight. The la times wrote this week about all republican candidates hugged on trump so much, will they be able t