Phil Ammann
Session begins Tuesday, PAC chairs and Tallahassee uber-lobbyists, so get your checkbooks ready for last-minute fundraisers for legislators and candidates scheduled before the gavel drops.
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On Monday, state Sen. Annette Taddeo will be fundraising at the Governors Club, Library Room beginning 11:30 a.m. Taddeo is seeking her second term in Senate District 40.
The Governors Club is at 202 S. Adams St. in Tallahassee.
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Later that day, state Sen. Dana Young will hold an event at 4 p.m. in the Governors Club Capital Room. Young is seeking another term in Tampa’s SD 18.
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On the House side, Adams Street Advocates will be holding a reception to support state Reps. Manny Diaz Jr. and Jeanette Nunez beginning 4 p.m. in front of the Adams Street Advocates office, 205 S. Adams St. in Tallahassee. Diaz is running for re-election in Miami-Dade’s HD 103; Nunez is seeking another term in Miami-Dade’s House District 119.
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At 5 p.m., Adams Street Advocates will hold a second event, this time for House Speaker-Designate Jose Oliva, Leader Ray Rodriguez and Rep. Brian Avila. Olivia is seeking re-election to Miami-Dade’s HD 110; Rodriguez is running for another term in Lee County’s HD 76; Vela is running again in HD 111, also part of Miami-Dade County.
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State Reps. MaryLynn Magar and Travis Cummings will be holding a joint fundraiser beginning 5 p.m. at the Governors Club Library Room. Cummings is running for re-election in Clay County’s House District 18; Magar is seeking another term in Palm Beach County’s HD 82. Hosting the event are House Speaker Richard Corcoran, Speaker-Designate José Oliva, state Reps. Chris Sprowls and Paul Renner.
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Also at the Governors Club at 5 p.m. is Rep. Shawn Harrison, seeking another term in Hillsborough County’s HD 63. Hosting Harrison’s event are Corcoran, Oliva, Sprowls and Renner.
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State Reps. Robert “Bobby O” Olszewski, Daniel Perez and newly elected Lawrence McClure will be fundraising beginning 5 p.m. at the Doubletree by Hilton, 101 S. Adams St. in Tallahassee. Olszewski is running for Orange County’s HD 44; McClure is running for re-election in Hillsborough’s HD 58; Perez will be seeking another term in Miami-Dade’s HD 116.
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Later that afternoon, Reps. Jayer Williamson, Cord Byrd, Erin Grall, Jamie Grant, Byron Donald and Frank White will be joint fundraising starting 5:30 p.m. at the Southern Public House, 224 E College Avenue in Tallahassee. Williamson is running for re-election in the Okaloosa/Santa Rosa County HD 3; Byrd is seeking another term in Nassau County’s HD 11; Grall is searching for another term in Indian River County’s HD 54; Grant is running again in the Pinellas/Hillsborough HD 64; Donalds is running again in Hendry/Collier County HD 80. White, who currently represents Escambia and Santa Rosa County’s in HD 2, is running for Florida Attorney General.
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Then, at 7 p.m., Florida Senate Democrats will hold a Drink, Drop & Dash at the Governors Club Library Room.
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On Tuesday, state Sen. Denise Grimsley will be holding a 7:30 a.m. fundraiser in her bid for the state’s Agriculture Commissioner at Florida Financial Strategies, 111-B East College Ave. in Tallahassee. Hosting Grimsley’s event is Senate President Joe Negron, President-Designate Bill Galvano and Majority Leader Wilton Simpson.
