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Philippe Bien-Aime taps real estate bucks again to cross $500K in Miami-Dade Commission bid
North Miami Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime added $148,000 last month to his commanding lead in the race to be the next Miami-Dade County Commissioner representing District 2. As was the case in months prior, the majority of his gains came from the real estate industry. Bien-Aime has raised more than $525,000 since he filed in December 2020 to run for the seat Commissioner Jean Monestime must vacate in November due to term limits. That’s just $3,000 shy of what his five competitors — educator Wallace Aristide, nonprofit executive Marleine Bastien, teacher turned firefighter William Clark, former North Miami Mayor Josaphat “Joe” Celestin and Monique Nicole Barley-Mayo — have raised combined. As…
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DeSantis campaign taps red-hot Florida real estate industry
The event was a new frontier for Popack, who did not return requests looking for comment. He has under no circumstances been a standard on Florida’s campaign finance circuit and is not a longtime political donor. Popack does, however, have 1 matter in widespread with a new breed of DeSantis donors: He’s portion of Florida’s crimson-sizzling true estate sector. Around the previous calendar year, DeSantis and his aligned political committee have lifted extra than $7 million from authentic estate developers, buyers and realtors, earning that industry 1 of the Republican governor’s largest donor groups as he prepares to operate for reelection — and it’s possible president. DeSantis’ reelection marketing campaign,…
