For more than eight years since he concluded his tenure as Senate President,
Mike Haridopolos has been using a zombie federal campaign fund to support his political interests, while also serving as a legislative lobbyist.
While he was in his final term in the state Senate, Haridopolos filed to run for the U.S. Senate in early 2011. By August Haridopolos had raised more than $3.5 million for a Senate run, but he withdrew.
Haridopolos, of Indian Harbour Beach, spent four years in the Florida House and eight in the Senate, the last two, through 2012, as President. Since then
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This hedge-fund billionaire is a huge fan of Sen. Kelly Loeffler but why? Salon 12/17/2020 Kelly Loeffler and Ken Griffin Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
On Oct. 9, billionaire Ken Griffin, the head of a multinational financial services company, gave $2 million to a super PAC called Georgia United Victory (GUV), which had originally been launched by allies of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp but at the time exclusively supported Sen. Kelly Loeffler s election campaign.
Griffin ranks among the richest people in America, and during the 2020 election cycle he spent at least $57 million to support conservative candidates, most of that on Republicans in tight U.S. Senate campaigns. He donated significant sums to support Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona and Michigan GOP candidate John James, among others. But his $2 million to GUV on Oct. 9 was one of his 10 largest contributions ever, and he