Adam Putnam adds $323,816 to his PAC in 3rd quarter of fundraising

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Florida Agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam raised over $323,000 in the third-quarter of this year in his  amassing nearly $2 million for the political committee he created earlier this year.

Florida Grown, the name of the committee, has now raised a total of over $2.3 million – $2,394,383.22 to be exact.

Putnam is considered to be one of the leading Republicans for the governors seat in 2018, when incumbent Rick Scott will be term-limited out of office (though rumored to be running for the Senate that year).

The largest contribution over the past three months was two different checks totaling $75,000 from the Florida Jobs PAC,  which has ties to the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

Florida Power & Light gave $50,000, as did the Hilliard Brothers of Florida. Chipping in for $35,000 was the Florida Retail Federation political committee.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s PAC, called Justice For All, showed some activity for the first time in 2015, though it was relatively modest. In August, the Florida Jobs PAC contributed $25,000. Swedish Match North America, a tobacco company in Virginia,  kicked in the remaining $2,500.

Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served five years as political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. Mitch also was assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley and is a San Francisco native who has lived in Tampa since 2000. Mitch can be reached at [email protected].



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