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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 seeking comment. He has never been a regular on Florida’s campaign finance circuit and is not a longtime political donor. Popack does, however, have one thing in common with a new breed of DeSantis donors: He’s part of Florida’s red-hot real estate market. Over the past year, DeSantis and his aligned political committee have raised more than $7 million from real estate developers, investors and realtors, making that industry one of the Republican governor’s biggest donor groups as he prepares to run for reelection — and maybe president. DeSantis’ reelection campaign, which declined to comment for this…