Peter Schorsch
Through the end of June, Republican Rep. Jason Brodeur had more than $450,000 on hand between his campaign account and his committee account for his 2020 state Senate run.
Brodeur has run into term limits in his current House District 28 seat and filed to run for the Senate District 9 seat currently held by Republican Sen. David Simmons.
His fundraising got off to a quick start, with more than $400,000 in the bank ahead of the start of the 2017 Legislative Session.
Since then, he has raised $50,450 through his campaign and $125,500 in committee cash, much of it coming in the first few days of March before session began.
March committee money included $25,000 from Disney, $10,000 from Gulf Coast Health Care, and $5,000 a piece from Growing Florida’s Future, Walgreens, the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and many others.
May saw $16,500 from The Committee for Justice, Transportation and Business, chaired by lobbyist David Ramba, and June included $10,000 from the GOPAC Election Fund and $5,000 from Florida Power & Light, among a handful of other donors.
The campaign cash came in through 75 contributions, including 39 for the maximum donation of $1,000. Donors included Teco Energy, Publix, Charter Communications and many others.
The last few months have also seen the Sanford Republican spend $36,488 in committee money and nearly the same amount from his campaign coffers, leaving him with $337,000 in his committee, “Friends of Jason Brodeur,” and $113,000 on hand in his campaign account.
The only candidate filed to run against Brodeur so far is Oviedo Democrat James Ashby, who entered the race in mid May. He has yet to show any contributions to his campaign.
SD 9 has a health Republican lean. The district has about 17,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats and Mitt Romney would have carried the seat by 8 points back in 2012.
The district covers all of Seminole County and part of Volusia County.
