Senate President and chief financial officer candidate Jeff Atwater, R-North Palm Beach, and state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, who’s running for Atwater’s Senate seat, have pledged to give back contributions related to Scott Rothstein, the Fort Lauderdale attorney accused by his law partners of looting investors in a multimillion-dollar scheme.

Atwater appears to have received a combined $11,500 from Rothstein, his wife, the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm and a slew of businesses tied to Rothstein. Bogdanoff’s Senate campaign has logged at least $10,500 in Rothstein-linked money, and a political committee she’s affiliated with got $5,000 from Rothstein’s law firm.

Both Atwater’s and Bogdanoff’s campaigns, however, said they haven’t figured out yet exactly where to return the money.

Democratic CFO and governor candidate Alex Sink’s campaign pledged Monday to return all Rothstein-related contributions. Sink appears to have received at least $6,500 linked to Rothstein.

Tags: Ellyn Bogdanoff, Scott Rothstein

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