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Jim Norman burn rate rises in December in Hillsborough County Commission race

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December was a lackluster month of fundraising for all five of the candidates running in the countywide Hillsborough County Commission district 6 race, with only Republican Tim Schock raising more than $2,000 during the busy holiday season.

Schock is challenging Jim Norman for the GOP nomination next August, and still trails him significantly in overall fundraising. Norman has raised a total of $108,575 in the race, while Schock has taken in $40,450.

Norman raised only $1,000 in December, but spent $5,550 to GPS Partners for campaign work. In November, Norman raised $7,450, and also spent $5,500 to GPS Partners.

Meanwhile, all three of the Democrats in the race also had quiet Decembers in terms of their level of fundraising.

Pat Kemp raised $1,650 last month, and has raised $58,900 overall. Brian Willis raised just $500, but continues to lead all Democrats overall in fundraising in the contest with $67,592. And former County Commissioner Thomas Scott took in $500 last month, and has raised $22,346.

The primary elections for both parties take place on August 30.

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served as five years as the political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. He also was the assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley. He's a San Francisco native who has now lived in Tampa for 15 years and can be reached at [email protected].

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