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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMarch 1, 2016

Marco Rubio is gearing up for a long campaign, and is reaching out to his supporters for help. In an email Tuesday evening, the Rubio campaign sent an email to supporters asking for their help to raise “$400,000 by the time the next four states vote, on Saturday.” “No matter where the final results end […]

Scott PowersFebruary 26, 2016

Florida Republican incumbents and candidates are collecting 10 times as much money in independent political action campaigns than are Democrats. A FloridaPolitics.com review of 140 such PACs affiliated with office holders or candidates ranging from Gov. Rick Scott to state representatives finds a nearly complete dominance of the political financing strategy. More than 100 Republicans have […]

Scott PowersFebruary 25, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson‘s campaign for the U.S. Senate is declaring that the ethics complaints issues pushed by his Democratic opponent U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy have turned into a fundraising bonanza for Grayson. The campaign stated in a news release Thursday it has seen a recent surge in contributions, especially in small, on-line donations, “as Grayson […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 11, 2016

Florida Grown, the fundraising committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor, posted $144,925 in contributions for January, campaign finance records show. The latest haul brings total money raised to more than $4.1 million, with total expenditures now at about $891,000, for a cash-on-hand balance of about $3.2 million. Disney, Florida Phosphate and U.S. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 11, 2016

January was another big month for state District 7 Sen. Rob Bradley and his fundraising machine, highlighted by his PAC, Working for Florida’s Families. Bradley’s PAC added $45,000 more to its coffers in January, pushing the total raised north of $450,000, a number buoyed by $5,000 gives from gambling concern Delaware North, from Resorts World […]

Associated PressFebruary 4, 2016

Republican Ted Cruz‘s presidential campaign has raised $3 million since winning the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1. That’s according to Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe, who tweeted the new fundraising numbers on Thursday. Roe says the Cruz campaign has raised $10 million overall since the beginning of the year. That includes 182,000 individual contributions averaging […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 27, 2016

There’s one week until the first nominating contest of 2016, and candidates are doubling down on their campaign efforts in Iowa and New Hampshire. Marco Rubio began the week in the Hawkeye State, scheduling seven events in two days, and is planning to spend the entire week leading up to the Iowa caucuses barnstorming through […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 25, 2016

UPDATE – 10:07 p.m.: Charlie Crist told donors during a Monday morning conference call that he has raised “more than half a million dollars” since entering the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District on Oct.20. The Crist camp says the $500K haul is a record for Florida Democrat for a candidate who’s not an incumbent […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2016

Florida legislative candidates, as well as political committees, had until Jan. 11 to report their campaign finance activity for the month of December. Now that the figures are in, here are 15 things I think I think about these latest reports. Thank you to LobbyTools for assembling much of the data relied on in this report. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 19, 2016

The corrupting effect of money on politics is a battle cry often heard from the left or more often from third-party or independent voters. Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly, however, is throwing his weight behind a measure that could limit how federal candidates raise money. Jolly has proposed bill that would prevent federally elected officials […]

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Email insights: Marco Rubio campaign says he’s only candidate to “unify” party against Donald Trump

Exclusive analysis: Florida GOP candidate committees hold $20 million advantage over Democrats

Alan Grayson campaign: Patrick Murphy tactics turning into fundraising bonanza

Adam Putnam political committee tallies $144k for January

January another big month for Rob Bradley fundraising machine

Ted Cruz raises $3 million since Iowa caucus win

Email insights: Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio campaigns make fundraising pitches before first votes

Charlie Crist’s record-setting haul: $500K since Oct. 20

15 things I think I think about the latest Florida House campaign finance reports (Part 1)

David Jolly aims to curb federal elected officials from raising money while in office