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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 15, 2016

December marked Byron Donalds’ slowest fundraising period of 2015, according to campaign finance records. Donalds received just on $150 check during the one-month fundraising period. Since opening his campaign account in March, Donalds has raised $72,505. Donalds is running for the House District 80 seat currently held by Rep. Matt Hudson. He faces Joe Davidow, […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 11, 2016

Florida Grown, the political fundraising committee that could fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s bid for governor in 2018, posted $765,000 in contributions for December, campaign finance records show. Reports were due to the state’s Division of Elections on Monday. December’s haul brings total funds raised to nearly $4 million, with total expenditures now at around […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 8, 2016

Carlos Trujillo raised more than $25,000 in December for his House District 105 re-election bid. Campaign finance records show Trujillo brought in $25,250 in December. The vast majority of that money, about $23,000, was raised on a single day: Dec. 15. Donors to the Miami Republican’s campaign included Walgreens Co., Abbott Laboratories and Senior Care […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 8, 2016

Campaign finance reports for candidates are due Jan. 11, but a sneak preview of Lauren Book’s numbers show that the Democratic state Senate hopeful has cleared a couple more milestones. Book raised more than $30,000 in December for a to-date total of about $505,000 for her campaign account. And that’s not counting the checks pouring into […]

Jim RosicaDecember 10, 2015

A political committee affiliated with Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam reported $129,000 in fundraising for November, down from nearly $694,000 the month before. Reports were due to the state’s Division of Elections on Thursday. Putnam’s two top contributors were the Florida Medical Association and Ware Oil and Supply Co. of Perry, a petroleum products wholesaler, with […]

Jim RosicaDecember 10, 2015

State Rep. Ritch Workman, the Melbourne Republican and House Rules chairman, is inviting his Tallahassee friends – read “lobbyists” – to a “good old-fashioned Christmas party.” The hope is they’ll bring their checkbooks, though that’s “not required.” In an email sent this month, Workman said he’d “made a lot of friends in this process (but) usually our ‘fellowship’ is […]

Jim RosicaDecember 9, 2015

Adam Putnam is in his second and ostensibly last term as Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner and “loves” the job so much he won’t comment on his future political aspirations – despite the open secret that he’s the GOP heir apparent to the Governor’s Mansion in 2018. Asked to clarify his future plans, Putnam again punted on the 2018-and-beyond […]

Associated PressNovember 26, 2015

Former President Bill Clinton is going on a fundraising swing reminiscent of his presidential campaigns of the 1990s. But this time he’s doing it for his wife. Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s presidential campaign has scheduled more than a dozen December events featuring the former president as her team prepares for an end-of-year finance deadline ahead of […]

Drew WilsonNovember 10, 2015

October campaign finance reports put Republican candidates Donnie Horner and Sheri Treadwell firmly ahead of the competition in the six-way primary battle for House District 11. Treadwell raised the most money last month, with $10,290 in contributions and only $50 in expenditures. Heading into November, the former Duval County Supervisor of Elections employee had just […]

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 […]

Tag: fundraising

December a slow fundraising month for HD 80 candidate Byron Donalds

Adam Putnam fundraising panel tallies $765K for December

Carlos Trujillo raises $25K in December

Lauren Book hits another fundraising milestone in SD 33, with $1.2 million on-hand

Adam Putnam political committee reports $129K for November

Ritch Workman combines holiday cheer with political checks

Adam Putnam still coy about his political future — and still raising money

Bill Clinton opening fundraising spree for wife’s campaign

October fundraising puts GOP HD 11 candidates ahead of the pack

Independent business group endorses Dean Asher in SD 13 race