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A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2016

Much has been made of the political committee of 4th Circuit State Attorney candidate Melissa Nelson. “First Coast Values,” Nelson’s committee, has advertised heavily on television in recent weeks. The committee has raised $541,000 and has $174,000 of it on hand thus far. However, “First Coast Values” is not the only political committee operating in the […]

Jim RosicaJuly 1, 2016

Florida Grown, the political committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s bid for higher office, posted more than $218,000 in contributions for June. That’s up from about $185,000 in contributions in May. Committees face a deadline for reporting their latest numbers on Friday. Putnam’s committee released its figures early on its own website. The biggest contributor for June is Associated Industries of Florida PAC, […]

Jim RosicaJune 7, 2016

Florida Grown, the political committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor, posted more than $185,000 in contributions for May. Committees face a deadline for reporting their latest numbers on Friday. The committee released its figures early on its own website. Contributions include $100,000 from Florida Jobs PAC, a political arm of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, records show. “Commissioner Putnam is […]

Jim RosicaMay 6, 2016

Florida Grown, the fundraising committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor, posted nearly $285,000 in contributions for April. Committees face a deadline for reporting their latest numbers next Tuesday. The committee released its figures early on its own website. April’s fundraising includes a $20,000 check from Hoyt R. Barnett, vice president of Publix Super Markets Inc. The […]

Scott PowersMay 5, 2016

Democrat Mike Clelland announced a huge fundraising April for his Senate District 13 campaign. Clelland, a former state representative from Seminole County, announced he raised $101,500 for his political committee Common Sense for Central Florida and another $20,380 for his official campaign during the month. That, he announced in a news release issued Thursday, brings his […]

Jim RosicaApril 11, 2016

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s fundraising committee raised a little more than $126,000 in March, but spent about $99,000 – or 78 percent of income, campaign finance reports posted Monday show. Nonetheless, Florida Grown PC– the vehicle that likely will fund Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor – now has total cash on hand of just over $3.3 million. Putnam, a Republican first […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 11, 2016

Florida Grown, the fundraising committee that likely will fuel Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s 2018 bid for governor, posted $144,925 in contributions for January, campaign finance records show. The latest haul brings total money raised to more than $4.1 million, with total expenditures now at about $891,000, for a cash-on-hand balance of about $3.2 million. Disney, Florida Phosphate and U.S. […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

Tag: political committee

Angela Corey political committee has $42K on hand

Adam Putnam fundraising committee, Florida Grown, raised $218K in June

Adam Putnam fundraising committee, Florida Grown, raises $185K in May

Adam Putnam committee raises $285K in April

Mike Clelland pulls in $121K in one month for his SD 13 campaign

Adam Putnam’s political committee raises over $126K in March

Adam Putnam political committee tallies $144k for January

Adam Putnam fundraising panel tallies $765K for December

Adam Putnam political committee reports $129K for November

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