Republican congressional candidate Bill Olson continued to put campaign finance distance between himself and a bevy of other Republicans seeking a shot at Democratic Rep. Darren Soto in Florida’s 9th Congressional District.
In the first quarter of 2020 Olson, a retired Army veteran and former guest relations worker at Walt Disney World, raised $45,070 for a run in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, which covers Osceola County, southern Orange County, and eastern Polk County. It was the second consecutive quarter that Olson collected at least $25,000.
That might be a pittance in many congressional campaigns, and an amount that significantly trails Soto’s fundraising efforts, but it amounts to the only serious campaign fundraising effort among four Republican candidates. It also suggests momentum, as the only Republican candidate to have raised even $10,000.
Olson, of Davenport, is also the only Republican retaining professional campaign consultants, having brought in Go Right Strategies of Land O Lakes, LGM Consulting of Delaware, and Liz Curtis & Associates of New Jersey in recent months.
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