Carlos Curbelo Brings in $310k Against Joe Garcia in First Quarter

Miami Dade School Board Member Carlos Curbelo, running for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., announced on Wednesday that he had raised more than $310,000 in the first quarter of the year, bringing his total to more than $950,000 in the campaign so far. Garcia had brought in more than $460,000 in the first quarter and more than $2.2 million in the campaign. Curbelo's team said their candidate had around $800,000 on hand.

I am pleased to announce a strong fundraising quarter as we continue to build momentum, and we are most grateful for the support of our contributors, over half of whom gave under $250, with over 90 percent of all those contributing living in the state of Florida, Curbelo said on Wednesday. In addition, half of our contributions came from residents of Congressional District 26.

We have strong support from our home district and from national conservative leaders such as Governor Jeb Bush and others, Curbelo added. We are working every day to share our message of honest representation and ending the scandals and fraud that have plagued our district. We will fight against the irresponsible Garcia-Pelosi-Obama agenda that supports raising taxes by over 1.5 trillion dollars on Americans now, and continues to saddle younger generations with debt.