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Danny McAuliffeSeptember 27, 2018

The Democratic Governor’s Association is continuing its investment in Andrew Gillum. DGA on Thursday announced another $1 million is on its way to Forward Florida, a PAC affiliated with Gillum, Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee. That means Gillum has received $3 million from DGA, a group backing Democratic state leaders, since his upset victory in a crowded five-way […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 19, 2018

The interest of national media in the high-wattage race for Florida Governor may have faded in recent days; however, Democrat Andrew Gillum keeps banking big dollars from global players. The latest luminary to give to Gillum: Actor, playwright and filmmaker Tyler Perry, who ponied up $100,000 to Gillum’s Forward Florida committee on Sept. 13. For Perry, the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 11, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum‘s independent political committee Forward Florida received a second $1 million cash influx Tuesday from the Democratic Governors Association. The DGA first signaled its full backing of the surprise Democratic nominee with a $1 million donation Aug. 29, one day after he knocked off U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 7, 2018

In the first week since becoming the Democratic nominee for Governor, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum collected more than $4 million in contributions between his campaign and committee accounts. Team Gillum raked in $4.03 million during the reporting period covering Aug. 25-31, including $1.7 million in hard money and another $2.3 million for his affiliated political […]

Drew WilsonAugust 11, 2018

Gwen Graham’s campaign for Governor added nearly $1.5 million to its coffers last week as Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene and former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine continued juicing their campaign accounts with seven-figure checks from their own fortunes. Though the haul is Graham’s largest yet, it mainly came in through a pair of state […]

Drew WilsonJuly 23, 2018

Winter Park businessman Chris King edged out the other four Democrats running for Governor in his new campaign finance report thanks to another $1 million in self-funding. In addition to the cash infusion, King raised about $15,000 from small-dollar donors between his campaign account and political committee, Rise and Lead, Florida. His expenditures, however, wiped […]

Staff ReportsJuly 5, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, firmly in the mix of the Democratic gubernatorial field with less than 60 days before the primary, will court Jacksonville voters Thursday evening at a town hall event. The event kicks off at 6:30 p.m at the Gateway to Heaven church located at 7700 N. Pearl Street. Attendees, especially those who have […]

Scott PowersJuly 3, 2018

With a combined haul of more than $633,000 for her campaign and independent political committee, and with all of it coming from outside donors – sort of – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is declaring her early June fundraising swamped her four Aug. 28 primary opponents. Graham’s campaign is reporting it raised $152,291 and her […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2018

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum is fond of reminding audiences that he’s the only “non-millionaire” in the Florida Governor’s race. But Gillum has the help of two prominent billionaires, with one of them (George Soros) again in late June ponying up $250,000 to Gillum’s Forward Florida political committee. This is the second quarter-million contribution made by Soros to […]

Scott PowersMay 10, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham expressed disgust toward Democratic rival Andrew Gillum Thursday after an outside group backing Gillum launched an attack ad against Graham. Graham’s response includes a reminder that Gillum had previously expressed a warning about “dark money” coming into the gubernatorial race, and she called him out on allowing dark money to attack […]

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DGA puts another $1M behind Andrew Gillum

Madea cuts a check: Tyler Perry slides Andrew Gillum $100K

Democratic governors donate another $1 million to Andrew Gillum’s committee

Andrew Gillum has raised $4M since becoming Democratic nominee for Governor

Gwen Graham adds $1.5M as Philip Levine, Jeff Greene pour more cash into Gov. campaigns

Chris King tosses another $1M into gubernatorial campaign

Andrew Gillum slates Jacksonville town hall for Thursday evening

Gwen Graham tops Democratic rivals in outside contributions, but not June fundraising

George Soros’ quarter-mil benefits Andrew Gillum political committee

Gwen Graham calls out Andrew Gillum over dark money after new outside attack ad