2018 Watch: Bob Buckhorn’s super PAC takes in modest $2,500 for July, while Adam Putnam’s raises $106,840

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Last month, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn told Florida Politics that he wasn’t thinking at all about his electoral future until after the 2016 election. The statement was somewhat noteworthy in that the mayor has not been shy about the fact that he is thinking of running for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018.

A look at the July fundraising totals for One Florida, his political action committee, would indicate that it certainly isn’t a priority for anyone involved with the Team Buckhorn.

The super PAC took in just three contributions for the month, for a total of $2,500.

$500 came from RMC Property Group, a real estate company based in Tampa, and there were  two $1,000 contributions: one from Republic Services of Florida, a trucking company out of Jacksonville , and $1,000 from Envirocycle, a recycling and solid waste collection company out of Fort Lauderdale.

Meanwhile, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam’s political action committee brought in a robust $106,840. That’s a total of 1,908,517.22.

Like Buckhorn, Putnam has also been rumored to be a candidate for Governor in 2018.

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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