Paula Dockery
State Sen. Paula Dockery says her gubernatorial campaign is off and running and that she’ll report having raised $325,213 in less than two months of trying. Of that, she acknowledges, $33,479 is in-kind and can’t be counted as spendable dollars. She also notes that she loaned herself $100,000, meaning she actually raised only about $191,000.
The Lakeland Republican is far behind her GOP rival, Bill McCollum, who reported raising $1.4 million last quarter. And awaiting the winner of their primary is Democratic CFO Alex Sink, who says she ended the year with $1 million cash-on-hand.
Still, Dockery claimed a total of 1,078 contributors, many of the small. “I am humbled by the generous support we’ve received from all over the state in such a short period of time,” she said in a statement. ” At this rate, this campaign will have all the financial support we need to deliver our common-sense conservative message across the Sunshine State this election season…
“As for our opponents,” Dockery said, “they have been raising money since last summer and while they may have a head start, they should keep two things in mind: one, Paula Dockery is in this race for the long haul. And two, objects in the rearview mirror are closer than they appear.”
January 20th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Paula Dockery a candidate for FL Governor is possibly the Chief Executive that We the People need to get our state back on track. Bill McCollum’s record as State Attorney General should be closely examined. The State AG’s office is known to be incompetent and has failed to enforce the law. The mortgage fraud in this state was rampant under McCollum’s watch, the result severely damaged the Florida economy. Bill McCollum is a lifetime politician who exemplifies how non-performing government employees manage to keep their jobs through political jockeying. McCollum’s economic goals detailed on his candidacy web site are “bullet points” in which he has no experience in creating one job, let alone millions of high tech jobs necessary to build a real economic future for this State. McCollum’s latest move to consider a suit against pending Healthcare legislation is again McCollum’s attempt to win support and votes. Paula Dockery is a candidate worth considering. Say NO to McCollum.