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Staff ReportsJanuary 7, 2019

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Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis’ inaugural committee is handing over a six-figure check to Operation 300, a non-profit group that aids the families of soldiers killed in combat. DeSantis announced the $150,000 donation Monday, one day before he and Lt. Gov.-elect Jeanette Nuñez are scheduled to be sworn into office. “Without the generosity of so many, Operation […]

Peter SchorschDecember 10, 2018

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It hasn’t gotten the credit, but the Tallahassee staff of the Jones Walker firm played a key role in the election and recount that led to Ron DeSantis’ winning the Governor’s race. Chief among them is lobbyist Jenn Ungru, better known as a health care policy guru. But in the election law world, she’s the […]

Drew WilsonDecember 5, 2018

Incoming Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried announced her inaugural committee Wednesday, with political consultant Ben Pollara and Jenni Shaffren — Fried’s sister — tapped to serve as committee co-chairs. Pollara was a senior adviser to Fried’s campaign and served as the campaign manager of the successful 2016 ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the Sunshine […]

Staff ReportsNovember 27, 2018

Ashley Moody, the state’s Republican Attorney General-elect, named Sen. Wilton Simpson, Rep. Chris Sprowls and lobbyist Michael Corcoran to serve as co-chairs of her Inaugural Committee, she announced Tuesday. “The Inaugural Committee will be responsible for planning and executing the events surrounding the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 8,” she said in a press release. Simpson, a Trilby […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 2, 2018

Nikki Fried’s inaugural committee has announced the first of a slate of events leading up to her swearing in as Agriculture Commissioner. The inaugural ball, part of Fried’s “Growing a Stronger Florida” inaugural celebration, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the University Center Club in Doak Campbell Stadium. The inaugural committee didn’t […]

Tag: Inaugural Committee

Ron DeSantis’ inaugural committee cuts $150K check for Operation 300

‘Calm in the chaos‘: How Jones Walker navigated recount for Ron DeSantis

Ben Pollara, Jenni Shaffren to chair Nikki Fried inaugural committee

Big names tapped to head Ashley Moody’s inaugural committee

Nikki Fried inaugural committee announces Jan. 7 inaugural ball