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Scott PowersMay 4, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum announced Thursday that his official and unofficial campaign funds have combined to top $1 million in his quest for election in 2018. The Gillum for Governor campaign and its aligned political committee, Forward Florida, have raised a combined $1,051,473 through the end of April, from more than 5,600 individual […]

Scott PowersApril 5, 2017

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is breaking from the gate with $765,000 raised for his Democratic gubernatorial campaign in the first few weeks. Gillum’s campaign is reporting Wednesday morning that he has raised that much and has $635,000 on hand at the time of his first-quarter 2017 campaign finance report, through the end of March. Gillum […]

Associated PressMarch 22, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The Associated Press has learned. The work appears to contradict assertions by the Trump administration […]

Scott PowersMarch 10, 2017

Republican state Rep. Jason Brodeur had a very, very good fundraising month in February for his campaign for state Senate District 9, raising nearly $88,000 in his campaign account and another $318,000 for his political committee. But then he gave much of it back. “We worked real, real hard,” Brodeur, of Sanford, stated in comments to FloridaPolitics.com, […]

Scott PowersMarch 10, 2017

Republican candidate David Smith has started his run for Florida House District 28 with a personal $25,000 loan to his campaign. Smith, of Winter Springs, is running to replace state Rep. Jason Brodeur, who is term-limited out in 2018, in a district that covers east Seminole County. The former Marine colonel and modeling and simulation […]

Scott PowersFebruary 13, 2017

Orlando businessman and former lawyer Paul Paulson has seeded his campaign to run for Florida Agriculture Commissioner in 2018 with a $120,000 personal loan. Paulson, a state committeeman with the Orange County Republican Party and 2015 candidate for Orlando mayor, entered the agriculture commissioner race in late December, seeking to succeed fellow Republican Adam Putnam, […]

Scott PowersNovember 30, 2016

Billionaire New York Democratic campaign financier George Soros‘s interest topped $1.7 million in Central Florida politics and $1.8 million statewide this year as he financed independent campaigns that helped three Democrats win local or state legislative races while three others he backed lost. Soros’ biggest investment came early, backing Aramis Ayala to the tune of $1.38 […]

Staff ReportsNovember 5, 2016

Democrat Loranne Ausley has posted total contributions of over $501,000 in the race for House District 9, trouncing Republican opponent Jim Messer‘s $148,000. Final campaign finance reports before the election were posted Saturday on the state’s Division of Elections website. The last report covers Oct. 22-Nov. 3. For the last reporting period, Ausley raised roughly $51,500 to […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings of Orlando continues to collect a mix of big checks from business and labor groups in her bid to be elected in the Florida’s Orlando-based 10th Congressional District. The latest campaign finance reports filed through Wednesday show Demings had collected another 20 four-figure checks in the previous week, raising $44,200 […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

Democratic nominee Darren Soto has collected $42,200 in large checks for his bid to be elected in the Orlando-based Florida’s 9th Congressional District since he filed his last full campaign finance report stating he had raised $1 million overall and had $83,000 in the bank. Soto’s opponent, Republican nominee Wayne Liebnitzky has neither the starting […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

Andrew Gillum’s campaign money now tops $1 million

Andrew Gillum raises $765K in first report for governor’s race

Paul Manafort had plan to benefit Vladamir Putin government

Jason Brodeur raises nearly $400K for 2020 state Senate bid — then gives $165K back

David Smith starts Florida House run with $25K loan; David Santiago, Mike La Rosa raise $21K

Paul Paulson seeds state Ag Commissioner campaign with $120K

George Soros spends $1.8 million in Florida local races; backs four winners, two losers

Loranne Ausley outraises Jim Messer more than 3-to-1

Val Demings continues to attract business, labor money in CD 10 race

Darren Soto draws $42K in big checks in closing weeks of CD 9 race