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Florida Grown, the fundraising committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor, posted nearly $285,000 in contributions for April.
Committees face a deadline for reporting their latest numbers next Tuesday. The committee released its figures early on its own website.
April’s fundraising includes a $20,000 check from Hoyt R. Barnett, vice president of Publix Super Markets Inc.
The committee also raked in dozens of small contributions of $25, $50 and $100. They came at its annual “Friends of Florida Agriculture Barbecue” on April 2 at Peace River Valley Ranch in Hardee County.
Among those chipping in $25 was Marshall Criser III, chancellor of the State University System of Florida. He identified himself only as “educator.”
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Generally, political committees aren’t limited in how much they can accept, unlike candidates’ individual campaign accounts.