Super PAC forms to back Todd Wilcox

todd-wilcox*750xx4149-2334-0-375

A new super PAC designed to support Todd Wilcox in his bid for the Florida U.S. Senate race has been formed.

Wilcox, a former combat veteran and defense military contractor, is one of five Republicans in the contest to succeed Marco Rubio in the Senate. He had been the only Republican candidate in the race who did not have a super PAC.

Restore American Leadership is the name of the super PAC. Its finance director is Steve Roche, who previously worked with Right to Rise, the super PAC that raised over $100 million for Jeb Bush’s unsuccessful bid for president over the past year.

Previously Roche was national finance director for Restore Our Future, the super PAC backing former governor Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign.

Wilcox is challenging Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Carlos Beruff, Ron DeSantis and David Jolly in the Aug. 30 primary.

The National Journal’s Andrea Drusch first reported the news via Twitter.

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].



#FlaPol

Florida Politics is a statewide, new media platform covering campaigns, elections, government, policy, and lobbying in Florida. This platform and all of its content are owned by Extensive Enterprises Media.

Publisher: Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL

Contributors & reporters: Phil Ammann, Drew Dixon, Roseanne Dunkelberger, A.G. Gancarski, William March, Ryan Nicol, Jacob Ogles, Cole Pepper, Jesse Scheckner, Drew Wilson, and Mike Wright.

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @PeterSchorschFL
Phone: (727) 642-3162
Address: 204 37th Avenue North #182
St. Petersburg, Florida 33704