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By Michael Grunwald
Mr. Grunwald is a contributing Opinion writer. He wrote from Miami.
“I’ve got some breaking news: We’re winning,” the Florida gubernatorial candidate David Jolly observed at a recent Democratic picnic near Fort Lauderdale. Though Mr. Jolly is a mild-mannered lawyer with suburban-dad vibes, the crowd erupted as if a rock star had just screamed that his biggest hit was coming next. “I know, that’s crazy,” he continued. “But this is a blue wave!”
It does sound a bit crazy, when Florida Republicans have won seven consecutive governor’s races, and now hold every statewide office along with supermajorities in both houses of the State Legislature. But it’s true that state Democrats are on a roll. With the costs of living soaring and President Trump’s approval rating slumping, they’ve flipped the Miami mayor’s office, a long-shot State Senate seat and even the State House district covering Mar-a-Lago.
