Staff Reports
Get your checkbooks ready, PAC chairs and Tallahassee uber-lobbyists for a handful of fundraisers for legislative candidates planned for this week.
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On Monday, Nov. 13, Plantation Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book will be holding a fundraiser beginning 5:30 p.m. at Old Fields Plantation, 396 Booth Lane in Monticello. Book is seeking a second term in Senate District 32, which covers parts of Broward County.
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On Tuesday, Nov. 14, state Rep. Brad Drake will be holding a 4:30 p.m. reception at Jacob’s on the Plaza Doubletree, 101 S Adams St. in Tallahassee. Drake, a Eucheeanna Republican, represents House District 5, which covers Holmes, Jackson, Washington and northern Bay counties.
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At 5 p.m., state Reps. Daniel Perez and Robert “Bobby O” Olszewski and Republican candidates Lawrence McClure and James Buchanan will hold a joint fundraiser, also at the Doubletree. Perez represents House District 116, Olszewski represents HD 44; both candidates have recently won special elections for the seat. McClure is seeking HD 58; Buchanan, son of from Sarasota Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan, is seeking HD 71.
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Then, at 5:30 p.m., state Sen. Gary Farmer will be at the Governors Club Board Room, 202 S. Adams Street in Tallahassee. Farmer, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat, is seeking another term in SD 34, which covers parts of Broward County.
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On Wednesday, Nov. 15, state Reps. Randy Fine, Jason Fischer and Rick Roth will be at the Governors Club beginning 12:30 p.m. Fine, a Palm Bay Republican, is seeking a second term in HD 53, which covers south Brevard County; Fischer, a Jacksonville Republican, is running for re-election in HD 16, which covers part of Duval County; Ross, a Loxahatchee Republican, is seeking another term in HD 85, which covers Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens.
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