Ron DeSantis is putting his money where his mouth his to help fellow state Republicans in the Senate get elected.
DeSantis just donated $2.5 million to the Florida Republican Senatorial Committee, the largest every donated to the committee.
Here’s more via Newsmax:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is using his large campaign coffer to help fellow state Republicans.
DeSantis moved $2.5 million from his political committee to the Florida Republican Senatorial Committee, Politico reported Monday.
The amount is the single largest contribution to the committee – which is controlled by incoming Senate President Kathleen Passidomo – since its creation in 2014.
DeSantis’ contribution surpassed the $2 million given by Senate President Wilton Simpson from his political committee back in July. Simpson is running for agriculture commissioner.
Republicans, seeking to build a supermajority from their current 23-16 majority, are targeting Democrat incumbents such as Sens. Janet Cruz and Loranne Ausley, Politico reported.
Florida Senate Democrats, who spent money to help defend Minority Leader Lauren Book against a primary challenge, had less than $600,000 in their main campaign account, Politico said.
Politico reported that DeSantis apparently wants to help Senate Republicans across the board to grow support for his legislative agenda, assuming he wins another term.
DeSantis reportedly has over $122 million in campaign cash that is unspent:
Open Secrets reported that DeSantis’ political operation, as of Aug. 19, raised $172 million, more than 11 times the $15.3 million Democrat gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist’s political operation reported raising.
Politico said DeSantis has more than $122.5 million unspent — which doesn’t reflect any future planned expenditures — while Crist has more than $4.1 million.
DeSantis raised more than $2.83 million from Aug. 27 to Sept. 2, while Crist raised nearly $1.39 million, Politico reported.
This just shows that DeSantis isn’t just a tough guy with the cameras are on. No, he cares about passing good legislation for Floridians and will spend his own campaign cash to make sure Republicans keep the Senate.