Our own freshman Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, has raised more than $1 million for his re-election fund which makes him the second Tampa Bay area congressman to raise at least $1 million, exceeding $1.05 million.Bilirakis joins Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Bartow, in reaching that fundraising plateau, with Putnam's total now more than $1.35 million.
These new numbers are detailed in the latest campaign committee filings with the Federal Election Commission this week, reflecting fundraising and spending from January 2007 through the end of June.
They show that all five of the Bay area's members of Congress - Putnam, Bilirakis, Democrat Kathy Castor of Tampa, and Republicans Ginny Brown-Waite of Brooksville and C.W. "Bill" Young of Indian Shores - continue to stock their war chests at rates dwarfing the amounts of the hopefuls seeking to unseat them.
Please join me in congratulating Representative Bilirakis and wishing him the best of luck in this fall’s election!
