In his first quarter of fundraising, James Grant, candidate for State House, District 47 raised $40,140 in monetary contributions and $42,680 in overall contributions. To date, that is more than double what any one of his opponents have raised in any quarter. Grant’s $40,140 in monetary contributions more than triples the $13,037 that opponent Irene Guy is reporting for this quarter.
From Terry Krassner, candidate for the Pinellas County School Board: “Our campaign volunteers have been incredible. In less than three months, they have helped us raise $15,113.48 in contributions from 118 contributors and they have built an online network of more than 735 Facebook fans. We are proud to have received strong backing from family members, teachers, business leaders including several Pinellas Education Foundation board members, community leaders and several current and former elected officials from both major political parties.”
Almost 655 of Deveron Gibbons’ campaign contributions have come from outside of St. Petersburg. Here’s the latest information based on the campaign finance reports turned in last Friday:
St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons refunded two contributions from prominent supporter Tom Coehlo, a local businessman arrested on fraud charges in early July. I previously wondered why the Times had not written about the connection between Gibbons and Coehlo, who hosted a fundraiser for Gibbons in March and was listed as a major supporter of Gibbons: Certainly Gibbons is embarrassed enough by the Coehlo connection that he believed it necessary to refund the contributions. Update: The Bay Buzz —…
According to the latest campaign treasurer’s reports, more than 62% of Deveron Gibbons cash contributions last quarter came from donors outside of St. Petersburg. Gibbons raised $41,030 in cash contributions with $25,504 coming from donors who don’t even live in St. Petersburg. Overall, Gibbons has raised $156,655 with more than $100,504 of that coming from donors outside of St. Petersburg.
Jamie Bennett’s mayoral campaign took in more than $30,000 in cash and in-kind contributions during the most recent quarter of the fundraising calendar. The period began with Bennett’s formal entrance into the race on January 16 and ended on March 31. According to treasurer Bill Boots, who is finalizing the report, we raised $30,918.47 in cash and in-kind contributions. “Our fundraising effort demonstrates the viability of my campaign,” Bennett said. “Along with being the first candidate to collect the 1,000…
One of the first projects I went to work on after returning to St. Petersburg was to ask the city to make available online the campaign treasurers’ reports detailing the contributions and expenditures of all the candidates running for city government. I wrote an open letter to Councilman Karl Nurse asking him and his colleagues “to instruct the City Clerk’s office to develop an online system that provides all of the information found on the Campaign Treasurers’ report, including all…
