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Scott PowersJanuary 20, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly‘s proposal to ban fundraising by sitting congressmen has become a campaign agreement in Congressional District 7. The Democratic challenger has pledged to follow it, then the incumbent said he was planning to co-sponsor Jolly’s proposal. Jolly, who is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, announced a bill this week called “The […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 15, 2016

The political committee supporting Gov. Rick Scott raised more than $500,000 in December, bringing its 2015 fundraising numbers to more than $4 million. Let’s Get to Work raised $518,150 in December, campaign finance records show. The December fundraising totals bring the organizations’ total haul to more than $50 million, much of which has supported Scott’s […]

Drew WilsonOctober 23, 2015

An independent business group said Thursday it will endorse Republican candidate Dean Asher in the Senate District 13 race. The National Federation of Independent Businesses, which represents 325,000 small-business owners, announced their support and presented the Orlando-area real estate broker and former Florida Realtors president with a check during a luncheon Thursday. “NFIB represents every […]

Peter SchorschOctober 18, 2015

On one level – the level of the conniving campaign operative who will do anything to score a great headline during a news cycle – one has to admire the chutzpah and financial misdirection that Team Marco pulled off last week. Relying on the mad alchemy of misstatement and perfect timing, Rubio fed the press-inflated […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2015

Republican Panama City surgeon Neal Dunn, challenging incumbent Democrat Gwen Graham for her 2nd Congressional District seat, on Monday said his campaign “will file with over $500,000 in his first seven weeks as a candidate – a new record” in that district. Dunn’s campaign said it had raised “more than $450,000 in contributions and (Dunn) personally added […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2015

Three times in a row, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham has raked in more than a half-million dollars from contributors, her campaign announced Monday morning. Her team patted her on the back, calling her $1.2 million cash-on-hand number “an impressive war chest for a race more than a year away.” The release refers to her first […]

Tag: Campaign fundraising

CD 7 opponents maneuver for advantage using David Jolly’s STOP Act

Fundraising committee supporting Rick Scott raises more than $500K in December

Independent business group endorses Dean Asher in SD 13 race

Peter Schorsch: Team Marco conjures fundraising win via news release hocus-pocus

Neal Dunn also says he’s posting $500K+ in fundraising

Gwen Graham posts another $500K+ fundraising quarter