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Did Adam Putnam just launch the first ad of the 2018 gubernatorial campaign?

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Agriculture CommissionerĀ AdamĀ PutnamĀ may have fired the first shot in 2018’s raceĀ for Florida governor. Putnam on Tuesday released aĀ videoĀ on Facebook from hisĀ political committee’sĀ ā€œFriends of Florida Agriculture Barbecueā€ in April atĀ Peace River Valley RanchĀ in Zolfo Springs. The event included remarks by and a Q-and-A session with Republican U.S. Senate candidatesĀ RonĀ DeSantis,Ā CarlosĀ Lopez ā€” CanteraĀ andĀ ToddĀ Wilcox. But the video focuses on Putnam’s stump speech-sounding remarks on stage. He says he wants “Florida to be more than just a vacation destination: I want this to be the jumping…

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Adam Putnam fundraising panel to host Senate candidates

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Come to Zolfo Springs for the barbecue; stay to listen to the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam‘s political committee, “Florida Grown,” is hostingĀ the annual ā€œFriends of Florida Agriculture Barbecueā€ on Saturday, atĀ Peace River Valley RanchĀ in Hardee County.Ā  The ranch is about a five-hour drive from Tallahassee, an hour and a half from Tampa, and nearly four hours from Miami. GOP contenders Ron DeSantis, a northeast Florida congressman;Ā Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez–Cantera; and Todd Wilcox, a Special Forces…

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