​​Philip Levine tops $1 million in November for campaign and political committee

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Gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine maintained his huge fundraising lead in the Democratic Primary with another $1 million raised last month between his campaign and committee accounts.

“In a big state like Florida, with over 20 million residents and ten media markets, resources are a key benchmark for running a successful statewide campaign. In his first month as a declared candidate for Governor, Philip Levine has shown he will aggressively meet those benchmarks,” senior adviser Christian Ulvert said in a press release.

“With this level of support, in the months ahead, we are confident that we will have ample resources to take Philip’s progressive vision for Florida’s future directly to voters in all 67 counties, from the Panhandle down to the Keys. Florida Democrats need a candidate with a vision and mission to do the right thing by getting things done, and Philip Levine is well-positioned to earn the support of Democratic voters in the coming months.”

Levine hadn’t uploaded his November finance report to the Florida Division of Elections as of Thursday afternoon, nor had his political committee, All About Florida, though the campaign said the two accounts “brought in over $1 million in November, with over $800,000 raised by the campaign and political committee.”

The difference could be made up through checks from Levine himself, who through October had already dumped $2.8 million of his personal fortune into his committee account.

November marks Levine’s second million-dollar month in a row, and he has now raised somewhere in the ballpark of $7 million for his gubernatorial bid. The October haul came in before he officially declared his candidacy.

That level of funding puts him far ahead of his closest primary competitor, former congresswoman Gwen Graham, who had raised a total of $4 million by the end of October. Through the same date Winter Park businessman Chris King had raised $2.7 million and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum had $1.6 million in total fundraising.

One of the few who could have financially overshadowed him in the primary race, Orlando attorney John Morgan, announced the day after Thanksgiving that he wouldn’t run for governor as a Democrat.

Still, Levine is far behind Republican front runner Adam Putnam, who had raised more than $20 million by the end of October with nearly $14.7 million in the bank.

Drew Wilson

Drew Wilson covers legislative campaigns and fundraising for Florida Politics. He is a former editor at The Independent Florida Alligator and business correspondent at The Hollywood Reporter. Wilson, a University of Florida alumnus, covered the state economy and Legislature for LobbyTools and The Florida Current prior to joining Florida Politics.


One comment

  • Richard Paul Dembinsky

    December 15, 2017 at 2:24 am

    I believe your “tone” of reporting is danger to Florida Citizens….Let’s all report from the same bench mark…………the actual numbers (including loans from candidate)…..real candidates post their full usable campaign funds so citizens can see at the Division of Elections website….go ahead and click….onballot.com then on the left down menu find the State website….at opening screen cause the 2018 candidates to appear…several layers down you will find the candidate (Division of Election website hids how you get to the campaign reports but YOU can find it by clicking even the smallest font hidden)

    Conclusion My son was a Gator and is in Washington DC works for Government; when you were at Gainesville, i likely enjoyed reading the Gator Newspaper you created. Thanks.

    I will be again run for Governor (2006 11,921 votes) State Senate 2016 73,299 votes…my point is that I will be at the top of the democratic party ballot; unless John Morgan runs as NPA and then I will run as Independent against John Morgan just to have my name above his. If Jeff Greene gets in who knows what i will do against a billionaire. onballot.com

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