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• Public financing winners: McCollum, Atwater, Gelber

  The public financing totals are out. Here are the big ones: Bill McCollum got $1.26 million, Jeff Atwater got $492,000 and Dan Gelber got $353,000. There are also some big names with $0 listed, including Alex Sink, who has said she is still deciding whether to accept public funds.

  Other candidates [...]

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• McCollum down to $540k, public to come to rescue

  Finance reports are coming in quickly now. Bill McCollum's is up, showing he raised just over $1 million in the latest quarter, but spent the bulk of his cash in the tough primary with Rick Scott. He's down to $540,000 in his campaign account.

  But the public financing system will come to the rescue. [...]

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• Aronberg's Q2 is $264k; Gelber calls for 11 debates

  In the Democratic primary for AG, Dave Aronberg just announced his latest fundraising total: $264,000, bringing him up to $1.1 million total raised. His campaign claims he leads all other candidates, Republican or Democrat, in the race. He's got about $650,000 in the bank.

  His primary rival and fellow senator, Dan Gelber, has not yet released [...]

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• Keechl and Gunzburger warchest more than $400k

  Broward County Mayor Ken Keechl and County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger, running in separate races, have surpassed the $400,000 mark in fundraising though a good chunk of that for Gunzburger is a loan.

  Keechl raised about $54,000 during the most recent quarter putting his total at about $403,000 with about $169,000 cash n [...]

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• Rick Scott talks education in Clearwater

  GOP hopeful Rick Scott talked education with a teacher in Clearwater during a stop to greet the diner crowd at Lenny’s.

  Sean O’Flannery lamented Tallahassee’s control of schools and his support of the Senate Bill 6 effort designed to overhaul teacher tenure.

  Scott agreed O’Flannery, saying he doesn’t statewide measures like the [...]

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• Rick Scott won't take a salary if elected

  Talking to a Jacksonville radio WOKV this morning, GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott pledged to not take a salary if elected governor. Buzz first asked about this a month ago and Scott said it wasn't an issue and declined to answer. But pressed again Friday on the air, he told [...]
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• Scott gets tough questions on health care fraud

  Making his second trip in a week to the Villages, Rick Scott made a pitch to a key constituency of dedicated, conservative voters as his campaign touted a new lead in the polls.

  "Today was a good day for us," he said.

  The crowd -- which waited in a ballroom for [...]

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• Benson's Q2 number: $150,000

  Another fundraising total to report: Holly Benson, locked in a three-way GOP primary for attorney general raised $150,000 in the last quarter, her campaign said. That brings her up to $635,000 raised for the campaign.

  Benson's $150k number does not include in-kind contributions. Yesterday, primary foe Pam Bondi said she raised [...]

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• Sink raises $1.1M in Q2; has $5.7M in bank

  Alex Sink will report $1.1 million for the quarter that ended last week, which is about on par with what she's raised in each of the past several quarters. The haul brings her to a total of $7.3 million raised, with $5.7 million cash on hand.

  "I am honored by the [...]

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• The mama factor in a contested state house race

  Will Republican state house candidate David Maymon get booted off the Aug. 24 ballot because of his mother?

  The Florida Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in Leon County Court earlier this month seeking to get Maymon removed from the Broward/Palm Beach coastal District 91 primary. One reason: his mother notarized [...]

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