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		<title>Rick Baker committee raises big, spends bigger in July</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former and possibly future St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker raised nearly $85,000 for his political committee last month according to finance reports filed with the Florida Division of Elections. The committee, “Seamless Florida,” raised the money from 21 donors, and much of the money came from local business leaders, including Phares Risser III and Terry McCarthy who each gave $10,000 in July. Also on the donor roll last month were Boston Finance Group, Agora Edge, former U.S. Ambassador John Rood,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rick Scott names board members for Enterprise Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Belinda Keiser]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott made two appointments and one reappointment last week to the board of Enterprise Florida, the state&#8217;s public-private economic development organization. Sonya Deen Hartley, 45, of Fort Lauderdale, was appointed for a three-year term running from now till September 2019. She takes the place of Christopher Kise. Hartley, a vice president with JM Family Enterprises, also sits on the board of governors of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and is an executive board member of Associated Industries of Florida.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Marco Rubio announces $2.1 million nine-day fundraising haul</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After less than two weeks, Marco Rubio’s re-election campaign is showing major momentum. Politico is reporting that Rubio has flexed his fundraising muscle with more than $2.1 million raised since re-entering the race, according to an email Friday morning to supporters. &#8220;Thanks to a tremendous effort lead by Ambassador John Rood and several others,” wrote Rubio finance director Anna Rogers, “we&#8217;re thrilled to tell you we raised over $2.1M in just nine days!&#8221; Rogers added that one of Rubio’s Democratic rivals,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>HD 15 Rep Jay Fant scores big in October fundraising haul</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A.G. Gancarski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiorentino Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Blue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Medical Association PAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Podiatry Political Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foley & Lardner]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite running unopposed, Jacksonville Republican Representative Jay Fant understands the importance of fundraising; October, with $19,700 brought in, was his best month in the current cycle. Maxing out: the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters; Florida Blue; John Rood&#8217;s Vestcor; Florida Medical Association PAC; Florida CPA PAC; Florida East Coast Industries; the Peyton family&#8217;s Gate Petroleum; and the Doctors Company Florida PAC. The Fiorentino Group, Foley and Lardner, and Morales Construction were among a passel of $500 donors, in addition to the Florida&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State Rep. Tom Grady files lawsuit demanding Charlie Crist return contributions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Crist]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From the Naples Daily News: Linda Morton of Naples donated $500 to Gov. Charlie Crist’s Senate election campaign, while John Rood of Jacksonville, a retired U.S. ambassador, donated $4,800 to the Republican. Now they want a refund. The two have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all contributors who are demanding their money back after Crist announced he’d run as an Independent. “Crist has made it clear that he believes a candidate should not say one thing and do another,&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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