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Ryan RayMay 25, 2016

The internecine infighting between Democratic U.S. Reps. Patrick Murphy and Alan Grayson continued Wednesday amid their heated battle for the open Senate seat vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio. Murphy has now circulated a media report accusing Grayson of padding his fundraising figures by using temporary personal loans to his campaign account, then paying himself back using the same pool of contributions. […]

Ryan RayMay 17, 2016

U.S Rep. David Jolly‘s quixotic “Stop Act” proposal to bar sitting members of Congress from raising money on the job may have gotten him in hot water with some in his party, but it also seems to have won him some admirers in the press. The plan at least “deserves a look,” writes Dana Milbank of the […]

Scott PowersMay 12, 2016

Republican state Rep. Mike Miller raised more than $10,000 in April that keeps him comfortably better funded for his re-election campaign in House District 47, but two Democrats showed some fundraising prowess of their own. Miller, of Winter Park, brought in $10,400, and spent very little, giving him a war chest of $109,850 and no […]

Scott PowersMay 12, 2016

Political newcomer Aramis Ayala is giving incumbent 9th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jeff Ashton a run for the money in the race to represent the state in Orange and Osceola counties’ courts. Ayala reported raising $11,140 in April, giving her a two-month haul of $26,240, with about half of that left over in the bank. […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2016

State Rep. Rene “Coach P” Plasencia of Orlando brought in $13,900 in April, the largest haul of any Central Florida candidate, but finds himself almost matched in the month by Republican challenger George Collins of Orlando, who lent another $10,000 to his campaign. Plasencia, who currently represents House District 49, finds himself now in a […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2016

State Rep. Randolph Bracy and former state Sen. Gary Siplin boasted the biggest fundraising efforts in April in the Orlando-based Senate District 13 race. That does not include loans. With $10,000 he lent his campaign, former state Rep. Bob Sindler brought in $13,950, while Bracy raised $10,500, Siplin $9,145 and environmental activist Chuck O’Neal $2,465 […]

Scott PowersMay 11, 2016

Firefighters gave another big boost in April to their effort to get former firefighter and former state Rep. Mike Clelland into the Florida Senate in Orlando-based Senate District 13. And trial lawyers pitched in again too to help Clelland, who’s now a trial lawyer. Clelland’s independent political action committee Common Sense for Central Florida picked […]

Peter SchorschMay 11, 2016

In spirit of Nyquist’s solid Derby win this weekend, let’s take a quick look at the field of Senate Democratic “horses” — those candidates vying for pole position in the top swing seats. For purposes of this analysis, we are looking at what we consider the Top 5 swing seats and the leading Democrat in each. […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2016

Republican incumbent state Rep. Bob Cortes raised $12,680 in April for his re-election campaign in House District 30, renewing the pace he had set before the Florida Legislative Session. Cortes, a first-term Republican in a swing district that straddles Orange and Seminole counties, also spent about $4,700 in April. That leaves him with about $104,000 […]

Scott PowersMay 9, 2016

Democratic House District 49 candidate Carlos Guillermo Smith raised $13,755 in April, one of the biggest hauls in any Central Florida state House race. Smith attributed the impressive total, his biggest month since he announced his candidacy last June, to momentum from his work as an advocate in Tallahassee during the 2016 Legislative Session, and support […]

Tag: fundraising

Report: Alan Grayson padded fundraising with temporary loans

David Jolly ‘speaks the truth’ on fundraising reform

Mike Miller posts $10K in donations as Dems Henry Lim, Beth Tuura chase in HD 47

Aramis Ayala giving Jeff Ashton a run for the money in 9th Circuit state attorney race

Rene Plasencia raises $13,900 in April in his bid for HD 50

Randolph Bracy, Gary Siplin boast top fundraising April in SD 13

Firefighters, trial lawyers bankroll Mike Clelland’s SD 13 campaign

Handicapping the Florida Senate Democrats’ fundraising efforts

Bob Cortes raises $12K in April for HD 30 race

Carlos Guillermo Smith raises more than $13K in April for his HD 49 race