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A.G. GancarskiAugust 19, 2016

After a debate Thursday night that focused on Corrine Brown and her legal issues, Congressional District 5 Democrat Al Lawson had to address issues of his own in the post-debate presser. Specifically, $14,000 in money from political committees since July 1 — many of which, such as U.S. Sugar, Associated Builders and Contractors, and I-PAC Jax … line up almost exclusively behind […]

Peter SchorschAugust 13, 2016

A report in the TCPalm about incoming Florida Senate President Joe Negron‘s fundraising activities offers an incomplete, naive, and laughable insight into the otherwise serious subjects of campaign finance and how legislative leaders rise to the top of their respective chambers. Investigative reporter George Andreassi paints by the numbers with his exaggerations of the fundraising circuit; use of well-regarded, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 4, 2016

Most incumbents facing primary competition can count on a little help from their friends. And State Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto is no exception. Benacquisto is running for re-election in Southwest Florida’s Senate District 27, facing Republican Jason Maughan in the Aug. 30 primary. An interesting donor of late: “Working for Florida’s Families,” the political action committee of […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2016

Florida legislative candidates, as well as political committees, had until Jan. 11 to report their campaign finance activity for the month of December. Now that the figures are in, here are 15 things I think I think about these latest reports. Thank you to LobbyTools for assembling much of the data relied on in this report. […]

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Mike Johnson. Image via AP.

Democrat Al Lawson downplays GOP donor interest in his CD 5 campaign

TCPalm ‘report’ on Joe Negron’s fundraising is a naive, laughable look at Florida politics

Rob Bradley political committee gives $5,000 to Lizbeth Benacquisto PAC

15 things I think I think about the latest Florida House campaign finance reports (Part 1)