Matt Gaetz raked in $1.8 million during first quarter of 2021 Image via Bloomberg/Getty. Gaetz had one of the best fundraising quarters in the country. Before the first reports emerged that he was being investigated for sex trafficking and possibly other federal crimes, Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was riding high on campaign fundraising, picking up $1.8 million in the first quarter of 2021. Gaetz, of Fort Walton Beach, collected more than twice as much campaign money as any other Florida member of Congress in the three-month reporting period of January, February, and March. In fact, it was one of the most impressive first-quarter hauls in all of Congress. In Florida, Republican Rep.