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Peter SchorschJuly 10, 2017

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. NOMINATIONS NEEDED FOR INFLUENCE MAGAZINE’S GOLDEN ROTUNDAS — THE DEFINITIVE AWARDS FOR THE LOBBYING INDUSTRY Hollywood has the Oscars, music the Grammys. The best in television are awarded Emmys, the best of Broadway receive Tonys. Even […]

Peter SchorschJuly 7, 2017

***Update – 12:12 p.m. – On Friday, Andrew Gillum’s campaign announced that campaign manager, Phillip Thompson, is exiting the campaign.*** After two straight months of anemic fundraising, the Andrew Gillum campaign is losing its finance director, Brice Barnes. “Brice is transitioning out,” a source inside the Gillum campaign explained Thursday afternoon. Barnes’ exit from the campaign is being […]

Peter SchorschJuly 7, 2017

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Kim McDougal, Gov. Rick Scott‘s former chief of staff, is joining GrayRobinson‘s Tallahassee office as a Senior Director of Government Affairs, the law firm announced Friday. “Kim brings tremendous insight and invaluable experience to our firm, and will also substantially increase our expertise in the education policy and appropriations areas,” said Jason Unger, managing partner of the Tallahassee office. “The […]

Peter SchorschJuly 7, 2017

First-time candidate Ashley Moody‘s campaign is off to a strong start. The Attorney General contender announced that sheraised more than $600,000 during her first month on the campaign trail. Breaking down the numbers, Moody raised over $490,000 for her campaign account and $113,000 for her political committee, Friends of Ashley Moody. “When we started this […]

Peter SchorschJuly 7, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. — IT’S JOHN MORGAN’S WORLD, WE’RE JUST LIVING IN IT — Morgan plays hero to the ‘71 percenters’ – “Compassionate capitalist” Morgan came to Tallahassee Thursday morning, holding court for the cameras soon […]

Peter SchorschJuly 6, 2017

With Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine traveling the state to speak with Floridians about the state’s direction and how to best position Florida for the future, his political committee, All About Florida raised $1.7 million in June. A nearly $2 million boost brings the total for his political committee to about $4 million. Officials with the […]

Peter SchorschJuly 6, 2017

First-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist raised more than $550,000 between April 1 and June 30, according to a campaign source familiar with the congressman’s fundraising efforts. Crist has more than $1.1 million cash-on-hand for his re-election bid. Crist, who represents Florida’s 13th Congressional District, led the Florida congressional delegation in fundraising and was one […]

Peter SchorschJuly 6, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. Mind if we begin today’s Sunburn with amazing news about several wonderful people in The Process? First up, congratulations to Jen and Eric Edwards (she was formerly at Capital City Consulting, he’s […]

Peter SchorschJuly 5, 2017

Republican Rene Plasencia picked up a Democratic challenger this week in his 2018 House District 50 re-election campaign. Recent college graduate Kyle Walcott filed for the Orlando seat June 28 and, so far, is the only candidate running against Plasencia, who shifted over to HD 50 in 2016. In an interview with LobbyTools, Walcott said […]

Peter SchorschJuly 5, 2017

In the two months since Republican Adam Putnam filed to run for governor in 2018, his campaign account and political committee combined have blown past the $15 million mark in contributions, a campaign spokeswoman announced Wednesday. “That’s two back-to-back months of more than $2 million in contributions each month,” Amanda Bevis said. Here’s a breakdown of the numbers: — $15.67 […]

Peter Schorsch

Sunburn for 7.10.17 — Golden Rotundas voting underway; Campaign finance reporting deadline today; Dems eye Brian Mast; DLP’s arrest; Winter is coming

Andrew Gillum campaign loses manager, finance director

Personnel note: Kim McDougal joins GrayRobinson lobbying team

New to the campaign trail, Ashley Moody fundraising like a veteran pol; AG candidate raises $600K in first month

Sunburn for 7.7.17 – John Morgan’s world; Shake-up in Andrew Gillum campaign; Phil Levine’s big haul; Kim McDougal to GrayRobinson; R.I.P. Frank Matthews

Eyeing gubernatorial bid, Phil Levine’s political committee raises $2 million in June

Continuing strong fundraising effort, Charlie Crist adds more than $550K during second quarter of 2017

Sunburn for 7.6.17 – Bill Nelson’s historical advantage; Annette Taddeo leading SD 40 primary; John Morgan’s bringing his pitchfork; Simone Marstiller heads to Gunster

Rene Plasencia draws Democratic challenge in HD 50 re-election bid

Adam Putnam surpasses $15 million raised for gubernatorial bid