Without formal fundraising, Eric Seidel nets $30K for Hillsborough clerk’s race
Consumer attorney and former television personality Eric Seidel announced healthy fundraising numbers in his campaign for Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Seidel, 52, a longtime consumer lawyer for Tampa Fox affiliate WTVT-Ch. 13, raised more than $30,000 in his campaign’s first month, despite no organized fundraising efforts. He is the first Republican and only legal professional so far in the race. Term-limited Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner has also filed to run as a Democrat. “We haven’t even had a…