- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
Florida’s dark money playbook: How ‘ghost’ candidate scheme revealed secretive political tactics
Last year, less than a month before Election Day, voters in Seminole and Volusia counties who would help decide one of the closest state...
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
Operative pitched secretive political spending plan to FPL exec’s email alias, records reveal
Early in the evening of Nov. 26, 2019, the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, a political consultant working for utility giant Florida Power &...
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
Operatives working for FPL arranged job offer to opponent of Jacksonville utility sale, records show
In the middle of 2019, Jacksonville City Council member Garrett Dennis was approached by a friend about a mysterious job offer. The offer...
- Dec 2, 2021
- 3 min
Florida Power & Light execs worked with consultants behind ‘ghost’ candidate scheme, records reveal
Top executives at utility giant Florida Power & Light worked closely with the political consultants who orchestrated a scheme to promote...
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Big business-linked group gave over $1 million to dark-money entity promoting ‘ghost’ candidates
An organization closely linked to one of Florida’s biggest business-lobbying groups gave more than $1 million last year to the dark-money...
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
Man behind ‘ghost’ candidate cash also led dark-money group supporting Florida utility companies
The same man who led a dark-money group supporting spoiler “ghost” candidates in key state Senate races last year also led another...
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Dems gave $700K to dark-money group that helped Republicans win races in ‘ghost’ candidate scandal
The dark-money nonprofit that worked with Republican strategists last year to promote spoiler independent candidates in important state...
