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Scott PowersSeptember 25, 2018

Republican state Rep. Mike La Rosa added another $10,000 to his campaign’s fund in the first two weeks of September pushing his total raised near $200,000 for his House District 42 re-election effort while his Democratic opponent Barbara Cady dropped further behind in the money chase. La Rosa, of St. Cloud, enters the post-primary period […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2018

Freshmen Jacksonville-area Republican state Reps. Cord Byrd and Clay Yarborough continued to maintain strong cash leads over their Democratic challengers through the first half of September. Byrd, whose majority-Republican House District 11 includes coastal Duval and all of Nassau County, brought in $3,500 of new money between Sept. 1 and 14, pushing his campaign account near $42,000 […]

Scott PowersSeptember 25, 2018

Republican state Rep. Bobby Olszewski brought in more than $11,000 in the first two-week reporting period following the Aug. 28 primary pushing him much further ahead of former state Sen. Geraldine Thompson in the cash race behind the contest for his Florida House District 44 seat. Olszewski’s latest contributions, totaling $11,850 for the first two […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 24, 2018

State Rep. Jennifer Sullivan, a Mount Dora Republican, added $13,550 in new contributions during the first half of September, putting her near the $100,000 mark in total fundraising. Sullivan, first elected in 2014, faces Democratic challenger Debra Kaplan in her bid for a third term in Lake and Orange county-based House District 31. Her Sept. […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 24, 2018

Republican challenger Javier Enriquez remains close behind incumbent Democratic state Rep. Javier Fernandez in the contest for cash in House District 114. Enriquez earned $13,550 in outside donations during Sept. 1-14, the latest period available for viewing on the Florida Division of Elections website. The Republican Party of Florida threw $4,000 into the race. They […]

Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Democratic state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith raised $10,050 in the first two weeks of September keeping his campaign’s cash fund ahead of that of Republican challenger Ben Griffin who added $7,000 in early September in the Flordia House District 49 race. Smith, of Orlando, has now raised $108,695 and spent $42,482 of that, according to the […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 24, 2018

Michael Grieco, the Democratic candidate in House District 113, has ground to make up in the cash-on-hand race. He’s well on his way to doing so if the latest fundraising reports are any indication. The Republican nominee, Jonathan Parker, entered September with a large cash-on-hand lead over Grieco. However, that was due in large part […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 24, 2018

Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Frank Mingo, the Republican candidate in House District 103, has shot far ahead in the fundraising contest against Democratic candidate Cindy Polo, according to the latest reports filed with the Florida Division of Elections. Mingo earned a whopping $73,500 for Sept. 1-14. In contrast, Polo pulled in just $3,030. The Republican’s […]

Scott PowersSeptember 24, 2018

Fresh off his hard-fought victory in the Aug. 28 Republican primary, Tyler Sirois raised $5,100 in the first two weeks of September for his quest to be elected to the open seat in Florida House District 51, extending his campaign cash advantage over Democratic former Cocoa Mayor Mike Blake. Sirois’s campaign reported last week its […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 24, 2018

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Mike Caruso, an accountant and Republican candidate in House District 89, put a small dent in a large cash-on-hand deficit between he and Democratic nominee Jim Bonfiglio. That’s according to the latest fundraising data filed with the Florida Division of Elections. Overall, Bonfiglio’s campaign remains far ahead of Caruso’s in terms of cash-on-hand, leading him […]

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Mike La Rosa’s war chest continues to overwhelm Barbara Cady’s campaign finances

Cord Byrd, Clay Yarborough maintain fundraising leads in re-election bids

Bobby Olszewski swamping Geraldine Thompson in campaign cash

Jennifer Sullivan nears $100K raised in HD 31 re-election bout

Javier Enriquez stays near-even in HD 114 fundraising

Carlos Smith picks up $10K in re-election bid against Ben Griffin

Michael Grieco more than triples Jonathan Parker’s money haul

HD 103: Frank Mingo overcomes Cindy Polo in latest fundraising

Tyler Sirois raises $5,100, Mike Blake $1,485 in HD 51 contest

Mike Caruso reduces cash-on-hand gap with Jim Bonfiglio