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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 28, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham posted a major haul in her new campaign finance reports thanks to a $400,000 cash infusion from EMILY’s List, a Democratic-leaning group that supports the campaigns of pro-choice women throughout the country. That six-figure donation went to the former Congresswoman’s political committee, Gwen Graham for Florida, on July 17. In […]

Joe HendersonJuly 26, 2018

For decades, Republican candidates have been successful in Florida by rarely deviating from a script that labels Democrats as big-spenders, soft on crime, anti-business and anti-gun. When confronted by these aggressive tactics, Dems generally answered with flustered babble that, roughly translated, was basically “that’s not nice.” This campaign has been different though. Instead of trying […]

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 […]

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 […]

Peter SchorschJune 11, 2018

Gwen Graham’s gubernatorial campaign said over the weekend that new campaign finance reports will show another banner month for the former congresswoman’s fundraising efforts. The Graham team said it added more than $300,000 in contributions for the campaign and tacked on another $730,000-plus via Gwen Graham for Florida, an affiliated political committee. The seven-figure haul, […]

Drew WilsonMay 10, 2018

Former Congresswoman Gwen Graham’s gubernatorial campaign announced Wednesday that its April fundraising efforts yielded more than $1 million — her best total since filing for the race one year ago. “This campaign is fueled by Floridians and grassroots supporters who are passionate about sharing Gwen’s positive message and dreams for Florida. Democrats are tired of […]

Drew WilsonApril 5, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham announced Thursday that she raised more than $600,000 between her campaign and political committee last month. Graham’s campaign didn’t give exact figures, though it said the March haul brings her total fundraising past the $6.4 million mark with about $3.9 million in the bank. The campaign account and political committee, […]

Scott PowersMarch 6, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham raised more than $660,000 in February through her two committees and continued to claim dominance in grassroots financial support, now with more than 15,000 individual contributors. Graham announced Tuesday that her official campaign raised more than $220,000 in February and her political committee Gwen Graham for Florida raised another $440,000. […]

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

EMILY’s List puts Gwen Graham over $10M mark in total fundraising

Joe Henderson: State Democrats try a new tactic: fighting back

Chris King tosses another $1M into gubernatorial campaign

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

Gwen Graham raises more than $1M in May

Gwen Graham clears $1M in April, has $4.7M on hand

Gwen Graham adds more than $600K in March

Gwen Graham raises $660K in February