FL-HD47: Party support for Maria Revelles (D) overshadows Paula Stark's (R) cash advantage

Rep. Paula Stark holds a cash advantage over Democrat Maria Revelles as Stark seeks re-election. But the challenger has enjoyed far more party support than the Republican incumbent in House District 47.

Through Oct. 4, Stark has raised upward of $64,000. She has spent more than half of that, and closed the period with less than $34,000 in her campaign account to defend her battleground seat.

Revelles, who narrowly won a three-person Democratic Primary in August, has raised north of $45,000. She had just over $16,000 in the bank at the close of the last reporting period.

But the Friends of Maria Revelles political committee, which faces no caps on donations, has been more active. The political committee raised nearly $74,000, and has stepped up spending since the Primary. It closed the period with almost $11,000 in the bank.

Friends of Paula, the PC supporting Stark, has raised nearly $91,000. But donations to the committee largely stopped after Florida Politics reported in July that the committee had spent exorbitantly on dinners and “e


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