In February, after an endorsement by President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds announced he was running to be Florida’s next governor. Donations began pouring into the Friends of Byron Donalds PAC, totaling more than $22 million. But donations for Byron Donalds for Congress didn’t stop. And the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) has an issue with the Donalds campaign soliciting and collecting money for both.

Last month the FEC, which enforces and administers campaign finance laws, sent a letter to Bradley T. Crate , treasurer for both of Donalds’ campaigns. The letter, signed by a senior analyst at the FEC, stated that contributions made to the Congressional campaign after the date of Donalds’ governor’s race announcement “must be refunded, except to the extent there were net deb

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