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Insurers boost Gallagher's campaign coffers
By David Sedore
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Tom Gallagher might be trailing Charlie Crist when it comes to raising money in the race to become the
Republican candidate for governor, but he does have a big edge among one constituency: the state's insurers.
Gallagher, the state's chief financial officer and former insurance commissioner, raised more than $233,000 from
insurance interests during the quarter ended June 30, state election records show.
Crist, the state's attorney general, raised more than $57,000 from insurance
interests during the same period.
Overall, Crist raised $3.8 million during the quarter; Gallagher raised $3.0 million.
On the Democratic side, Rod Smith, a state senator from Gainesville, raised $10,700 from the insurance
industry, while U.S. Rep. Jim Davis of Tampa raised $5,200 and former state party chair Scott Maddox
$2,500.
From all sources, Davis raised $390,000, Smith $330,000 and Maddox $300,000.