Friends of Vanessa Oliver reported $22,500 in nine new contributions during October 3–9. Not one carried an address in Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee or Sarasota counties, the four-county community Protect Local Power examines.
Of the new money, $19,000 came from elsewhere in Florida and $3,500 from outside the state. Political committees supplied $13,000, led by A Stronger Florida, which appears twice on October 8: once for $2,500 and once for $5,000.
Other donors included organizations identified in the filing with health care, assisted living, gaming and hospitality, governmental consulting, and tobacco products. JUUL Labs contributed $2,500 from a Washington, D.C. address; Molina Health Care contributed $1,000 from Long Beach, California. The contribution records do not state what the donors expected in return.
Every new contribution came from beyond the four counties
| Date | Contributor, as displayed | Filed city/state | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 7 | EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA CHAMBER A… | Tallahassee, Florida | $3,000 |
| Oct. 7 | SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA - SE… | Davie, Florida | $2,500 |
| Oct. 8 | INDEPENDENT LIVING SYSTEMS | Miami, Florida | $2,500 |
| Oct. 8 | FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PA… | Tallahassee, Florida | $2,500 |
| Oct. 8 | MOLINA HEALTH CARE, INC. | Long Beach, California | $1,000 |
| Oct. 8 | TSE CONSULTING LLC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | $1,000 |
| Oct. 8 | A STRONGER FLORIDA | Tallahassee, Florida | $2,500 |
| Oct. 8 | A STRONGER FLORIDA | Tallahassee, Florida | $5,000 |
| Oct. 9 | JUUL LABS, INC. | Washington, D.C. | $2,500 |
| Total monetary contributions this report | $22,500 | ||
Ellipses mark names truncated in the state display; they do not identify a different donor. The two A Stronger Florida transactions are preserved separately. Classification follows the addresses and source descriptions in the filing.
The outside share rises to 86.7%
The new report brings the committee’s inception-to-date monetary contributions to $340,800. Adding $4,075.25 in previously reported in-kind support produces $344,875.25 in total contribution value. In-kind value is not cash received.
None of the latest $22,500 increased the local total. The new contributions raised the known outside share from 85.8% to 86.7%.
Text-message spending dominates the week
The committee reported $23,605 in expenditures for the same period. Two October 7 payments to Tampa-based SimWins—$17,885 and $4,720—totaled $22,605; both were described as “TEXT MESSAGES.” The remaining $1,000 went to the Dan Weldon campaign for House District 64.
The filings do not identify the text messages’ content or recipients. They also do not establish that any particular new donation paid a particular expenditure.
Friends of Vanessa Oliver is a separate political committee. These receipts and expenditures are not entries in Oliver’s candidate campaign account and have not been added to that campaign’s totals.
Inspect the records
- Official Friends of Vanessa Oliver activity: select October 3–9, 2026, then Contributions or Expenditures.
- Official committee registration.
- Search all available committee transactions · Compare the three committees · Campaign Finance 101.
The state records were publicly verified October 16, 2026; the activity screen does not display a submission timestamp. G4A is a scheduled report, not an amendment. Geographic shares include monetary and in-kind value and preserve filed address limitations. Candidate photograph from campaign sources. Read the reporting disclosure and corrections policy.
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