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Peter SchorschJuly 22, 2017

Possible gubernatorial candidate and Clearwater Republican Sen. Jack Latvala has brought in plenty of cash this month, according to a ledger of contributions available on his committee’s website. The Senate Appropriations Chair has raised $225,000 so far in July through his political committee, “Florida Leadership Committee,” with the single largest contribution clocking in at $50,000 […]

Peter SchorschJuly 21, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Congresswoman Gwen Graham did one of her campaign “work days” at a Seminole County free clinic Wednesday and came away pledging to “help more Floridians receive care” if elected. Graham volunteered as a health care navigator for at Shepherd’s Hope and spent her shift helping patients determine if they were […]

Staff ReportsJune 12, 2017

Republican candidate for governor Adam Putnam’s political committee posted more than $1 million in contributions for May, the committee’s own reports show. The Division of Elections’ deadline for reporting May numbers is Monday. Florida Grown hadn’t posted its information with the state as of Monday morning, but has rolling contribution and expenditure information on its […]

Les NeuhausMarch 30, 2017

A slowly simmering email kerfuffle is turning into a close-to-uncomfortably hot scandal for Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who announced his candidacy for Florida governor in 2018 last month. Another email has been unearthed revealing he used state equipment as a means for campaigning, which is an ethics violation in the state of Florida. The email […]

Michael MolineMarch 4, 2017

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum took on Rick Scott, Donald Trump, and the National Rifle Association during the opening speech of his campaign for governor Saturday, and promised to “bring Florida home” for the state’s working people. “Together, we will build the kind of campaign that will move across this entire state and make this state proud — we’ll […]

Peter SchorschJuly 20, 2016

While Florida’s delegates to the Republican National Convention noshed on a Tuesday morning breakfast fit for a Hubert Mizell column — chicken & waffles, honestly cheesy grits, and cinnamon sticky buns — Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam extolled on the virtues of living under GOP rule in the Sunshine State. “The economy was in the tank, and we had more […]

Jim RosicaJune 1, 2016

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Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam may have fired the first shot in 2018’s race for Florida governor. Putnam on Tuesday released a video on Facebook from his political committee’s “Friends of Florida Agriculture Barbecue” in April at Peace River Valley Ranch in Zolfo Springs. The event included remarks by and a Q-and-A session with Republican U.S. Senate candidates Ron DeSantis, Carlos Lopez–Cantera and Todd Wilcox. […]

Tag: 2018 Florida governor’s race
Gabrielle Russon

Jack Latvala has added $225,000 of committee cash so far in July

Gwen Graham vows to help more Floridians receive care after free clinic ‘workday’

Adam Putnam’s political committee racks up another cool million in May

Emails continue to hound Andrew Gillum; fundraising invitation among newest trove

Andrew Gillum opens ‘people-centric’ campaign for Florida governor

Richard Corcoran for Governor in 2018?

Did Adam Putnam just launch the first ad of the 2018 gubernatorial campaign?