Adam Putnam fundraising committee, Florida Grown, raises $185K in May
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Florida Grown, the political committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor, posted more than $185,000 in contributions for May.

Committees face a deadline for reporting their latest numbers on Friday. The committee released its figures early on its own website.

Contributions include $100,000 from Florida Jobs PAC, a political arm of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, records show.

“Commissioner Putnam is a true champion of Florida’s important agriculture industry, of ensuring that we secure Florida’s water future, and that Florida’s economy continues moving forward through private-sector job creation,” said Edie Ousley, the chamber’s vice president of public affairs.

“Those are qualities important to ensuring that Florida is prepared for the 6 million new residents that will call Florida home by 2030, and we’re therefore proud to support him,” she added.

Other big givers were the Florida Phosphate Political Committee with $25,000, Florida Polytechnic University trustee Robert W. Stork with $20,000, and Cone Distributing president Douglas Cone with $10,000.

Florida Grown was “established by Putnam to help achieve his vision for Florida — a place where jobs are plentiful, quality education is accessible, and freedom and liberty flourish,” according to a news release.

May records also show the committee gave $1,000 each to the campaigns of House Republican Leader Dana Young, now running for state Senate, and state Sen. Anitere Flores, a Miami Republican seeking re-election.

Political committees aren’t limited in how much they can accept, unlike candidates’ individual campaign accounts.

The 41-year-old Putnam still has not confirmed his political plans after he is term-limited as Agriculture Commissioner in 2018.

Florida Grown recently released a video on Facebook from a “Friends of Florida Agriculture Barbecue” that included a question-and-answer session with Republican U.S. Senate candidates Ron DeSantisCarlos LopezCantera and Todd Wilcox.

Jim Rosica

Jim Rosica is the Tallahassee-based Senior Editor for Florida Politics. He previously was the Tampa Tribune’s statehouse reporter. Before that, he covered three legislative sessions in Florida for The Associated Press. Jim graduated from law school in 2009 after spending nearly a decade covering courts for the Tallahassee Democrat, including reporting on the 2000 presidential recount. He can be reached at [email protected].



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