Article: House race purses filling: Sullivan makes strong early bid; Patronis and Skinner still in the lead.

Byline: Valerie Lovett

Apr. 15--PANAMA CITY -- Panama City Beach Mayor Lee Sullivan jumped into the race several months and tens of thousands of dollars behind two other big-collecting Republicans vying for the District 6 State Representative seat.

But after only the first quarter of the year, contributions to Sullivan's campaign are in overdrive, and he has pulled in more than $129,855.

That's still a good chunk behind Cameron Skinner, who started collecting money almost a year ago and now weighs in with more than $176,000 in cash contributions.

Jimmy Patronis Jr. began collecting contributions in the third quarter of 2005, and to ...

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