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Gwen Graham, in final news conference, claims $2.5 million in benefits to constituents

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Congresswoman Gwen Graham said Monday that her constituent service efforts had helped people in her North Florida district secure $2.5 million in government benefits — and her thriftiness in running her office helped her return $375,000 in unspent money to Congress during the past two years. “Our office is an example that you can get a lot done and still be fiscally conservative,” the Democrat said during a news conference at Tallahassee City Hall, where she maintains a district office.…

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Mary Thomas targeted, boosted by late super PAC money in CD 2

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Candidate Mary Thomas was the target and beneficiary of late injections of political action committee money into Florida’s 2nd Congressional District race. The “North Florida Neighbors” super PAC dropped $3,540 into telephone calls intended to boost Neal Dunn, the Panama City urological surgeon fighting Thomas in the GOP primary. Thomas is general counsel to the Department of Elder Affairs under Gov. Rick Scott. Another Republican, former federal prosecutor Ken Sukhia, also is running. A second super PAC, the “House Freedom Action Fund,” spent $29,400 on get-out-the-vote and telephone calls…

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In CD 2, Neal Dunn gives his campaign a money infusion

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Neal Dunn is getting by with a lot of help from his friends – and himself. Dunn, one of three GOP candidates for the 2nd Congressional District in north Florida, has recently received campaign contributions from medical-associated political organizations. No surprise: He’s a Panama City urological surgeon. He also lent his own campaign $100,000 earlier this week, all according to down-to-the-wire campaign finance reports on the weekend before Primary Election day. Federal Election Commission records show he gave his campaign…

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Gwen Graham-backed MacDill AFB amendment added to NDAA

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U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham is among the Armed Services panel members currently slogging through a marathon session to craft a national defense budget for FY 2017. The infamously complex and time-intensive process of producing the annual National Defense Authorization Act began early Wednesday morning and as of press time clocked in at around six hours long, with about 30 member-sponsored amendments considered and some 70 left to go. The upside for Graham, besides bringing Chief of Staff Julia Gill Woodward‘s infant son along for…

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Gwen Graham says she is ‘seriously considering’ running for Governor in 2018

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham says she’s giving up on Congress and “seriously considering running for governor in 2018.” In an early Thursday email, the Tallahassee congresswoman wrote, “I have major news, and I want you to hear it first” (even though at least two news media outlets actually broke the story first). “The politicians, lobbyists and courts in Tallahassee have been working to redraw and divide the North Florida district I represent — they’ve turned what was an example of a…

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Gwen Graham announces “North Florida Farm Tour” next month

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U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham announced what a spokesman called a “huge district event” Tuesday: The freshman congresswoman will tour more than a dozen farms in her Panhandle district to highlight agricultural issues. Graham’s “North Florida Farm Tour” will make stops in all 14 counties in her 2nd Congressional District, which runs from Madison to Bay counties in North and Northwest Florida The Democrat plans to kick off the event with a panel discussion with special guest Krysta Harden, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department…

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Gwen Graham posts another $500K+ fundraising quarter

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Three times in a row, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham has raked in more than a half-million dollars from contributors, her campaign announced Monday morning. Her team patted her on the back, calling her $1.2 million cash-on-hand number “an impressive war chest for a race more than a year away.” The release refers to her first re-election, but which race she eventually runs remains to be seen. Graham’s 2nd Congressional District, covering north Florida from Bonifay to Perry, could be redrawn by…

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