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Drew WilsonOctober 15, 2018

Ashley Moody posted her best fundraising numbers since winning the Republican nomination to replace term-limited Attorney General Pam Bondi, with a combined $720,000 raised between her campaign and committee accounts. The former circuit court judge and prosecutor is up against state Rep. Sean Shaw, a Tampa Democrat and the state’s former insurance consumer advocate, in […]

Drew WilsonOctober 15, 2018

Amalie Oil Co. exec Harry Barkett and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik will help boost Republican state Sen. Dana Young’s re-election bid with a fundraising reception in Tampa this week. The Tuesday evening event will be held at the home of Barkett and his wife, Carmen, while Vinik’s wife, Penny, is also listed on […]

Drew WilsonOctober 15, 2018

Lehigh Acres Republican state Rep. Matt Caldwell reeled in another $277,000 for his bid to succeed Adam Putnam as Agriculture Commissioner, but Democratic nominee Nikki Fried kept it competitive with a $218,000 haul for the first week of October. Nearly $97,000 of the fresh receipts reported by Caldwell were deposited in his campaign account, with […]

Drew WilsonOctober 15, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Sunday evening that all of its Panama City Beach customers west of Highway 79 have been restored. The company said the announcement represents power restoration to more than 10,000 customers living in that area of the city, which was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Michael. The update came a […]

Drew WilsonOctober 14, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Sunday that it’s on track to restore power to all customers affected by Hurricane Michael by midnight on Oct. 24. “Hurricane Michael was an unprecedented storm, and Gulf Power is on a mission to ensure an unprecedented response,” said Gulf Power head Stan Connally. “We know that our customers are counting […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

The platoon of power professionals working to get electricity restored in the Florida Panhandle has jumped to 4,400 according to Gulf Power, the region’s major utility company. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Michael, more than 400,000 utility customers in Florida were without power, and about a third of those were Gulf Power Customers. The […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

Current CFO Jimmy Patronis scored another fundraising win for the week of Sept. 29-Oct. 5 with nearly $500,000 in receipts between his campaign and Treasure Florida political committee. The Panama City Republican was appointed to the CFO job last year by Gov. Rick Scott and is the lone incumbent Cabinet member running for re-election in the fall. […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis raked in more than $8.25 million between his campaign and committee during the first week of October, which goes down as his most prolific fundraising week of the election cycle. DeSantis raised nearly $1.2 million in hard money, including 125 contributions for the maximum campaign donation of $3,000. In all, […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

Panhandle utility company Gulf Power announced Thursday night that it has started making progress in its power restoration and rebuilding process in Panama City, one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Michael. The company has restored power to more than 32,000 customers overall — an increase of 7,000 from its Thursday afternoon update — […]

Drew WilsonOctober 12, 2018

Americans for Prosperity Action, or AFP-Action, said it was rolling out a direct mail campaign opposing Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum earlier this month, and those ads are starting to hit mailboxes statewide. The mail campaign is one component of AFP-Action’s anti-Gillum ad blitz. The Koch-backed political committee also made a digital ad buy labeling the […]

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Aerial photo courtesy Jesse Biter.

Ashley Moody adds $720K, Sean Shaw $275K in Attorney General race

Harry Barkett, Jeff Vinik hosting Dana Young fundraiser Tuesday

Matt Caldwell adds $277K, Nikki Fried $218K in Ag. Commish race

Gulf Power crews making inroads to Panama City Beach outages

Gulf Power on track for 100 percent power restoration by Oct. 24

Gulf Power says 4,400 power pros working 24/7 on Panhandle restoration

Jimmy Patronis outraises Jeremy Ring tenfold in early October

Chicago billionaire fuels $8M week for Ron DeSantis

Gulf Power has restored power to 4K customers in Panama City

Direct mail roundup: Andrew Gillum will ‘take money from hardworking families’