Who raised the most for 2010?
Here's the list of the top 20 money grabbers running for state office in 2010** this past quarter:
| Alex Sink | $1,613,474.17 |
| Bill McCollum | $1,059,278.05 |
| Jeff Atwater | $ 532,452.50 |
| Adam Putnam | $ 384,961.74 |
| John Thrasher | $ 272,878.56 |
| Jack Latvala | $ 233,959.64 |
| Dave Aronberg | $ 173,512.00 |
| Miguel A. Diaz de la Portilla | $ 163,950.00 |
| Anitere Flores | $ 162,700.80 |
| David Rivera | $ 161,504.00 |
| Dan Gelber | $ 152,053.50 |
| Ben Albritton | $ 148,435.85 |
| Bill Montford | $ 111,204.73 |
| Josue Larose | $ 100,000.00 |
| Kevin C. Ambler | $ 93,778.12 |
| Samantha Ruiz Cohen | $ 88,858.00 |
| Carey Baker | $ 73,454.46 |
| David R. Maymon | $ 68,535.00 |
| Rene Garcia | $ 62,245.00 |
| Loranne Ausley | $ 61,038.53 |
Note: the list includes in-kind contributions (was too lazy to cull them out). Even so, consider that Gov. Charlie Crist raised so much money ($4.3m) in his U.S. Senate bid that it exceeds the top 8 state candidates combined (caveat: federal candidates can raise way more cash.**
**Another Note: this doesn't include those who are listed to run for office in 2012 (though they're going to be running in 2010 because the incumbent is running for another office). So this would include Ellyn Bogdanoff (c. $89k) and Nick Loeb ($238k -- whoa! -- though apparently lots of this money is rollover from another campaign).
does anyone know what Samantha Ruiz Cohen is running for? She was my professor for an undergrad class at FIU (con law) and she was a PHENOMENAL person, so glad she's running for elected office. I assume with her background it's something judicial
Posted by: Mario S. | July 13, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Marc, if you're going to include Judge Candidates, both Milton Hirsch and Miguel De la O have out raised Samantha Cohen Ruiz. Why not include them?
Posted by: Anony | July 14, 2009 at 07:36 AM
So Flores raised more than Rivera? Interesting!
Posted by: Edgar | July 14, 2009 at 04:36 PM
Samantha Ruiz Cohen its runnning for Circuit Court Judge in 2010. She comes fron a family of lawyers and judges and by sure she will be a magnificent and imparcial judge.
Posted by: Manolo Roldan | July 16, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Samantha Ruiz-Cohen is running for Circuit Court Judge in 2010. Yes I hope she wins too. She is a fantastic attorney.
Posted by: Rebecca | December 01, 2009 at 07:37 PM