Women In Politics

Rick Scott for governor of Florida catches on with out-of-state donors
Rick Scott had raised $430,000 in donations as of a week ago. He also made $23.9 million in personal loans to his campaign in the three-month period covered by the report. A rough analysis of Scott’s donor list showed that roughly 30 percent of his donors are from outside of Florida. Compare that to the roughly 10 percent represented by out-of-state donors on opponent Bill McCollum’s donor list.

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Lobbyists are Sen. Murray’s biggest donors
In the years after Patty Murray first won her U.S. Senate seat in 1992, she received some of her biggest political contributions from women’s groups and PACs supporting Israel. Today, in a transformation that attests to the power of incumbency, lobbyists top the list of Murray’s donor groups.

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Boyd easily leads District 2 fundraising / LIST OF DONORS
TALLAHASSEE — Locals will have 10 candidates to choose from in the race for District 2 U.S. Representative, but in the race to raise money, incumbent Allen Boyd has pulled away from the pack. The Democrat had raised almost $1.3 million by the end…

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Mercy Ambassadors honors donors, volunteers
MASON CITY — Mercy Ambassadors held its annual recognitiondinner on June 15 at The Music Man Square to celebrate and honor350 plus hospital volunteers for their service and dedication toMercy Medical Center- North Iowa and to celebrate its largestdonation to Mercy in the history of the Ambassadors.

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