"The success of the Gurney for Senate campaign depends in large measure upon 'early' financing. Please send us your maximum contribution, today!" This appeal in a 1967 flyer put out for Congressman Edward John Gurney helped him to that success, for he won election in 1968 as the first Republican Senator from Florida since Reconstruction days. But early and maximum fund raising also became a way of life for Gurney's political associates. Three have already served time for crimes arising from the practice, and it finally landed Gurney himself, along with another...
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