Jose Aragu nets $368K for Miami-Dade Sheriff bid with big assist from hedge fund billionaire
Republican Miami-Dade Police Maj. Jose Aragu’s campaign for county Sheriff more than doubled its fundraising total this month, thanks to a big assist from billionaire Ken Griffin.
Griffin, the CEO of hedge fund Citadel, gave Aragu’s political committee $300,000 on July 11. Aragu added $67,500 from other sources between June 1 and July 12.
That brings his gains since entering the race in October to $550,000.
Griffin, a self-described “(Ronald) Reagan Republican,” previously donated $500,000 to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat. But he skipped over — at least for now — Levine Cava’s preferred Sheriff candidate, James Reyes, a longtime Broward County Sheriff’s Office executive w...
