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Before 2019, Patricia Duggan’s wallet spoke volumes — just not about politics.

Her then-husband Bob Duggan said in 2016 that he had given $360 million to the Church of Scientology over the years. Since their divorce in 2017, Patricia Duggan has been hailed as the largest single donor to the church. In 2019, the church created a donation distinction just for her: “Patron of Legend.”

But in recent years, Duggan has expanded her giving into a new area of patronage: conservative politics.

Duggan donated at least $74,000 in the three election cycles from 2014 to 2018, listing her address at various places in Pinellas County, campaign finance records show.

From 2020 to 2024, her giving skyrocketed.

In the most recent three cycles, Duggan donated

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