Winner of the week: Marco Rubio. Last week’s loser this week was blessed with two new polls showing that Charlie Crist’s once vast, 40 point lead has dwindled to single digits. Crist’s inevitability argument is shot, and Rubio’s fundraising is sure to get a [...]
U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is in Washington today for a fundraiser and sounded a tad underwhelmed. "Look, it's the holidays, it's a tough economy, it's always difficult to raise money," he said as he entered a 3:30 p.m. policy briefing at the Heritage Foundation.
As such, [...]
The Democratic race for attorney general's getting a little more intriguing now that Sen. Dave Aronberg skipped the Regulated Industries Committee meeting yesterday because "I will be detained by events in my district that I need to attend," according to his please-excuse-my-absence note.
One of those "events:" A fundraiser [...]
The Democratic race for attorney general's getting a little more intriguing now that Sen. Dave Aronberg skipped the Regulated Industries Committee meeting yesterday because "I will be detained by events in my district that I need to attend," according to his please-excuse-my-absence note.
One of those "events:" A fundraiser for the' [...]
UPDATE: We just read a copy of the Senate rules, which say that any fundraising activity otherwise prohibited during an extended or special session "shall not be considered a violation" if the event was scheduled before the call for a special or extended session.
Sen. Paula Dockery, the moderate Republican running [...]
Several prominent Tampa Democratic women are among a group trying to develop a state-level imitation of the powerful national political fundraising organization EMILY’s List.
The new Florida organization, Ruth’s List, will focus only on state races, but has the same goal that EMILY’s List has in congressional races: “To elect… [...]
Ruth's List, a group with a mission to get Democratic, pro-choice women elected in Florida, has set its sights on the Tampa Bay area. Chairwoman Ellis Robinson has made 10 trips from her home in Sanibel to the Tampa area since June for fundraising events and candidate training sessions. Why [...]
Struggling to raise money in Florida for his U.S. Senate campaign, former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre is turning to his native Puerto Rico. His web site lists a campaign fundraising office in San Juan at SanJuanHQ@Ferre2010.com.
Campaign manager Todd Wilder said there isn't a physical office -- yet --' [...]
Charlie Crist acknowledged in an interview that it may not look like he's 100 percent focused on Florida, when he's spending so much time raising money out of state for his Senate race. "One of the things I like the least about what I do is having to raise money...I [...]
Despite criticism that he's focused too much on fundraising and not enough on governing, Gov. Charlie Crist continues to mingle with the rich and famous. Billionaire Donald Trump is hosting a $1,000-per-person reception on Dec. 11 for Crist's Senate campaign at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm [...]
The dynamic duo of Gov. Charlie Crist and Sen. George LeMieux will be the "featured guests'' at a fundraising lunch for the Republican Party of Florida on Tuesday at the Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.
Hosted by Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, tickets to the reception start at $1,000" [...]
