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Ryan NicolJune 13, 2018

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With more than $600,000 added to candidates’ coffers in May, the race for Senate District 25 just got a whole lot richer. However, a whopping $500,000 of that was in the form of a self-loan from Belinda Keiser to her campaign. That’s on top of nearly $55,000 in donations earned by Keiser in her first month […]

Ryan NicolJune 11, 2018

State Rep. Matt Willhite is running laps around his Republican challenger when it comes to fundraising, pulling in nearly $18,000 in May. That leaves Willhite, a Wellington Democrat, with more than $45,000 cash on hand. His only declared opponent, Laurel Bennett, had not filed any fundraising information with the Florida Division of Elections since February […]

Ryan NicolJune 11, 2018

Attorney Matt Spritz ended May with another round of impressive fundraising reports, finishing with more than $150,000 cash on hand between his campaign and committee. Spritz, a Boca Raton Republican, pulled in more than $10,000 for his campaign fund, leaving him with more than $120,000 cash on hand in the race for House District 89. His […]

Drew WilsonMay 25, 2018

Jones Walker reported median earnings of $521,000 during the first quarter of 2018, which included the whole of the 2018 Legislative Session. Lobbyists must report their quarterly earnings in ranges covering $10,000 increments up to $50,000. If Jones Walker’s clients paid the top dollar in their reported ranges, the firm could have brought up to $750,000 […]

Ryan NicolMay 24, 2018

Democrats just got a helping hand in their efforts to turn a Palm Beach County Commission seat blue: U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch has endorsed Robert Weinroth in the race for District 4. The contest serves as a harbinger for Democrats’ hopes on a national level, as Republicans have represented District 4 since its inception in 1988. […]

Ryan NicolMay 24, 2018

Several Palm Beach County leaders are now throwing their support behind Democrat Tina Polsky in her bid to replace House District 81’s Joe Abruzzo, who’s not running for re-election. The endorsements came from communities in western Palm Beach County: South Bay Mayor Joe Kyles and Vice Mayor John Wilson say they’re backing Polsky, along with South Bay […]

Ryan NicolMay 21, 2018

For some time now, Democrats have had high hopes for the upcoming midterms, buoyed by generic ballot numbers and results of several special elections since President Donald Trump took office. Now the party is seeing the same signs in a race for a Palm Beach County Commission seat that’s playing out much differently than expected. The […]

Ryan NicolMay 7, 2018

HD 81 candidate Tina Polsky has won the support of the lawmaker she’s running to succeed. Rep. Joe Abruzzo, who announced he would not run for re-election to his HD 81 seat, is officially endorsing Polsky in her Democratic primary matchup against Mindy Koch. “Over the past several months I have witnessed Tina’s tireless advocacy […]

Scott PowersApril 30, 2018

The still-up-and-functioning campaign fund of disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley sent a $2,000 check last month to the re-election campaign of U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, but Mast’s campaign refused to cash it. Friends of Mark Foley For Congress dates back to before Foley, of West Palm Beach, resigned in 2006 under allegations that he’d […]

Scott PowersApril 3, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham goes hard against President Donald Trump in her first digital video ad of the 2018 election, calling him an embarrassment, a divider, and a bully, and vowing that as Governor she would stand up against him. As graphics play out her words, Graham begins the video by saying that she […]

Tag: Palm Beach County

Belinda Keiser antes up another $500K out of pocket for SD 25 campaign

Matt Willhite still running away with HD 86 fundraising lead

Matt Spritz ends May with more than $150,000 cash on hand

Jones Walker earns $500K-plus in Q1

Ted Deutch endorses Robert Weinroth for Palm Beach County Commission

Tina Polsky announces new round of endorsements in HD 81 race

Democrats see Palm Beach County race as predictor of ‘blue wave’

Joe Abruzzo endorses Tina Polsky as his successor in HD 81

Brian Mast says ‘no thanks’ to Mark Foley’s money

Gwen Graham’s first digital ad vows she’ll stand up against Donald Trump