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Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott’s Let’s Get to Work committee added $75,000 in contributions last month after showing just $1,000 raised in August. The committee supported Scott’s successful re-election campaign for governor and could be back in action soon as a pot of money backing his probable campaign to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson next year. […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 29, 2017

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Over the past century Florida has never elected a Republican in back-to-back U.S. Senate elections, making the Sunshine State somewhat of a rare bird. Despite having a veritable stranglehold on the state legislature, and the fact that it will have held the Governor’s Mansion for 20 years by the time Rick Scott leaves office, the […]

Drew WilsonAugust 12, 2017

Governor and likely 2018 U.S. Senate candidate Rick Scott brought in $164,150 last month for his political committee, “Let’s Get to Work.” The haul was balanced out by $133,645 in spending, mainly on consultants, leaving the second-term Republican governor with about $2.9 million on hand. The July donor roll included Amscot Financial, JM Family Enterprises […]

Scott PowersMay 6, 2016

Sen. Bill Nelson smiled but brushed off as “premature” the talk that Hillary Clinton could put him on her long list of possible vice presidential running mates. While holding a meeting in his Orlando office Friday to discuss the Zika virus and Puerto Rico, Nelson was not shy about also discussing the prospect of a vice presidential run, just coy. […]

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