Disarmingly charming and well connected to circles ranging from Republican Tallahassee politicos to black churches to corporate boardrooms around Tampa Bay, Gibbons has already beaten everybody else in raising money, shattering past records. He's the first African-American with a real shot at becoming mayor of St. Petersburg, and in a crowded field where roughly one in five voters is black, that in itself could be a ticket into the two-person runoff election. ... Read more

• Campaign Web site: Deveron Gibbons for Mayor
• On Facebook: Deveron Gibbons' profile
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• On Twitter: @DeveronGibbons

• July 3 Is Deveron Gibbons in the predatory loan business?
• July 5 Politifact Has Deveron Gibbons' license been suspended 7 times?
• July 8 Follow up
  Story: Accurate driving records hard to come by for St. Petersburg mayor candidate
  PDF: Letter from the Florida DMV to Gibbons
  PDF: Gibbons' Pinellas County driving record
  PDF: Gibbons' state driving record
  PDF: Example of a state notice of suspension
  
  • Main: The Race for Mayor

Gibbons has raised more than any other candidate, getting the majority of his donations from outside of St. Petersburg.

• Contribution totals in the first quarter*
• Total raised $112,737 (100.0%)
• Raised in St. Pete $36,349 (32.2%)
• Raised in Florida $62,477 (55.4%)
• Raised in other states 13,910 (12.3%)

• How Gibbons compares to other candidates*
• Raised by everyone $233,089 (100.0%)
• Gibbons' portion $112,737 (48.4%)

*Totals do not include candidates' loans or donations to their own campaign.

• Source: Download Gibbons' first-quarter finance reports