With a little more than 50 days left in the race to replace Ron DeSantis, the song remains the same in the Republican primary’s latest fundraising report, filed ahead of Saturday’s Florida GOP Sunshine State Showdown.

Gubernatorial front-runner Byron Donalds added nearly $253,000 to his campaign account and another $435,000 to the Friends of Byron Donalds political committee in the week ending June 19, continuing to dominate the GOP race with nearly $66 million on hand.

His cash on hand will drop in the next report, with a $20 million media buy booked. But even with that money spent, he’s outpacing three candidates who can’t get consistent traction with donors.

James Fishback raised $4,825 to his campaign account and nothing to his Florida First political committee. He had roughly $117,000 total to spend as of June 19.

He spent more than $60,000 from the committee alone during the week, including a payment to running mate Sean Lozano. A $5,000 infusion pushed the would-be Lt. Governor’s haul past $25,000.

Nice work if you can get it.

Fishback may be the only one paying someone to be on the ticket, but the other name candidates’ campaigns have cash troubles all their own.

Lt. Gov. Jay Collins raised a little more than $11,000 to his campaign account and an anemic $1,500 to his political committee during the week. He has roughly $3.5 million to spend, and it’s burning quickly: nearly $2 million from the committee went into an ad buy.

Former House Speaker Paul Renner continues to struggle, raising less than $30,000 to his campaign account for the second straight period and $13,000 to his political committee. He had roughly $2.5 million to spend as of the June 19 closing date.

Candidates won’t debate at Saturday’s GOP event, and Donalds and his allies say that’s just as well, arguing his opponents aren’t viable. Gov. DeSantis and the field would like a debate, but it isn’t happening — and it’s clear donors aren’t looking to spend big against a seemingly inevitable nominee.

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