TALLAHASSEE – Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum will make his first rally appearance with his newly-named running mate, Chris King, in Orlando on Saturday.

The pair will appear at the Orlando Downtown Recreation Center at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

Gillum, the Mayor of Tallahassee, announced his pick of King, a Winter Park businessman, as his lieutenant governor on Thursday.

Candidates from both parties have been making tracks through Central Florida.

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, the GOP nominee, formally announced his running mate, state Rep. Jeanette Nunez of Miami, at a Republican unity rally in Orlando on Thursday. Vice President Mike Pence attended the rally as well to support Gov. Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate bid and was scheduled to hold a fundraiser in The Villages for him Thursday evening.

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