Candidates on both sides of a Senate District 25 contest raised thousands for the open seat during the first quarter of 2024.
Rep. Kristin Arrington, a Kissimmee Democrat, is battling with Carmen Torres, wife of outgoing Sen. Vic Torres, for the Democratic nomination. Arrington has now raised more than $133,000, while Torres has added nearly $86,000.
Arrington also spent more, and closed March with $75,260 in cash on hand, a little closer in line with Torres' $67,318.
The Representative collected nearly $9,100 during the first three months of 2024. That covered the Legislative Session, when lawmakers faced a fundraising prohibition. Her fundraising includes $1,000 donations from the Florida Bankers Association, ChiroPAC PC, government relations firm the Capital Alliance Group and consultant Michael Corcoran.
Torres collected nearly $11,000 in the first quarter. That included maximum $1,000 checks from labor groups including the International Longshoreman Association and 32BJ United, as well as from the transportation builders group FTBA Transportation PAC.
Arrington also controls the political committee Friends of Arringtons, which collected another $11,000 the first quarter of the year.
But there's also money flowing on the Republican side in this Democrat-held seat.
Osceola County School Board member Jon Arguello raised $12,175, despite a history of controversy he actually brags about in emails. "I could have traded my integrity for ambition a long time ago, but I'd rather lose my race than offend the oath I took on my family Bible," he wrote in an email, one which also insults the Republican Party of Florida for picking sides in a House District 35 Primary last year.
The Osceola County School District has found Arguello guilty of violations multiple times, including for harassing community members.
He received $1,000 donations from groups like LaunchEd, Red Apple Services and Red Apple Development. Arguello faces Jose Augusto Martinez for the GOP nomination. Martinez raised more than $9,400 in the first quarter.
But thanks to a $150,000 candidate loan, Martinez still has $154,014 in cash on hand.
By comparison, Arguello has raised a total of nearly $50,000, but has less than $29,000 in cash on hand.
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