Tracing the dollars in Florida's political money puzzle
Political committees connected to Florida Power & Light, Florida Crystals and other large corporations have contributed millions of dollars in state elections, including hundreds of thousands to top-of-the-ticket races as well as the majority of state senate races.
As reported in independent journalist Jason Garcia’s Seeking Rents newsletter, executives at the Associated Industries of Florida control five political committees that receive the lion's share of its funds from six companies: Disney, Florida Blue, Florida Crystals, U.S. Sugar, HCA Healthcare and FPL. Since 2019, about 82% of the nearly $30 million contributed to those political committees, or PCs for short, came from those compan...
