TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – State Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis began September with $4.37 million in two campaign accounts, with the addition of $180,900 in contributions in the days immediately following the Aug. 28 primary elections.
Patronis, who did not face a Republican primary opponent, raised the money for his personal campaign account and the political committee Treasure Florida.
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The contributions included $25,000 from Miami-based Dosal Tobacco Corp. and $25,000 from the Coral Springs-based insurance company Pearl Holding Group.
As of Aug. 31, Patronis had raised a combined total of $5.16 million for the two accounts, according to newly filed finance reports.
Since the primary, he also has received two checks worth a total of $8,010 from the state matching-funds program. In all, he has received $305,105 through the program.
Meanwhile, Patronis’ Democratic opponent, former state Sen. Jeremy Ring, picked up $9,648 in the final days of August for his campaign account and the political committee Florida Action Fund.
Ring, a Broward County Democrat who also didn’t have a primary opponent, began September with a combined $465,236 in the accounts.