WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Rep. David Jolly promises not to ask for money.
The Republican in one of the year’s most competitive – and expensive – Senate races says that as of this month he personally has sworn off fundraising. He’s leaving that duty to his professional campaign fundraisers, vowing not to spend a single second of his own time wooing donors.
The unusual proclamation is born out of frustration, he says. For two years, he has seen firsthand how the chore of buck-raking has overtaken the business of legislating.
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