Lenny Curry has now raised more than $2M for re-election campaign

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Viable competition has yet to emerge for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry in his 2019 re-election bid, but that didn’t stop him from another aggressive month of fundraising in May.

Curry ended the month having raised $2 million between his campaign account and that of his political committee, Jacksonville on the Rise.

The committee was the more active of the two entities, bringing in $201,000, with five-figure donations from the Republican Party of Florida and JAXBIZ (the Jacksonville Chamber’s political arm) highlighting the take.

Also of interest: $12,500 from Tampa’s DeBartolo Development and $10,000 from Alfred Benesch and Company, Chicago civil engineers who have a shingle in Jacksonville also.

Jacksonville on the Rise spent $179,000 in May, including survey and research from Data Targeting and a $140,000 TV ad buy.

All told, the commitee has nearly $1.3 million on hand.

Curry’s campaign account added another $32,500 off of 58 contributions, with construction and civil engineering interests represented robustly in the May receipts, bringing it up to $325,000 on hand.

Another positive augury: trial lawyers Farah and Farah gave $25,000 to another Curry committee, spurring hopes among supporters that more trial lawyer cash will move Curry’s way in upcoming reporting periods.

With well over $1.6 million on hand between the accounts, Curry is well-positioned against what is thus far a disparate field of candidates with limited fundraising, as political watchers wait and see if City Council President Anna Brosche will actually get into the race.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski



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