Peter Schorsch
Republican Rep. James Grant will hold a fundraiser for his House District 64 re-election campaign in Tampa on May 8.
The event will be held at the Tampa Theatre, 711 N. Franklin St., from 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Those interested in attending can let the Grant campaign know by sending a note to [email protected].
Listed at the top of the invite are House Speaker Designate Jose Oliva, who is set to take the gavel after the 2018 elections, as well as St. Petersburg Republican Rep. Chris Sprowls and Palm Coast Republican Rep. Paul Renner.
Former House Speaker Will Weatherford is one of a dozen names included on the host committee for the campaign event.
Grant was first elected in 2010 and has been re-elected three times since, but a challenge to his 2014 results led to a brief period where he was out of office, resetting his term limits.
The reset is being challenged by Oldsmar retirement plan consultant Terry Power, who is running against Grant in the Republican Primary.
Through March, Grant had raised more than $100,000 for his campaign and had $42,000 banked, while Power had brought in $5,920 from outside sources while putting $70,000 of his own money into his campaign. He started April with $51,366 in the bank.
Also running for the safe Republican seat are Democrats Christopher Smutko and Heather Stahl as well as no-party candidate Andy Warrener. Stahl had about $10,000 in the bank in her most recent report.
The invitation is below.
2 comments
Pauline
April 27, 2018 at 11:41 am
Grant is one who tried to pass an amendment to allow short term rentals in HOAs! He represents the short-term rental investors, not residents who want to live in a real community. He does not represent his constituents.
Terrance Power
April 27, 2018 at 9:37 pm
The courts will shortly clarify that James Grant did not have his term limits “reset”, regardless of how often his friends in the media make that claim.
He won’t be missed, by the way. Grant is ineffective, unethical, and was the subject of a Grand Jury investigation dealing with his squandering millions of taxpayer money.
He’s just another piece of the Tallahassee swamp that will soon be drained.
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