Ballard Partners revenue hits to $3.9m in Q3

FLORIDA: The seesaw scrum between Florida’s two largest governmental affairs firms for the top spot on Adams Street has tilted back to Ballard Partners after the latest lobbying compensation reports show the firm brought in approximately $3.9 million during the third quarter of 2015, almost $500,000 more than its rival, Southern Strategy Group.

This is the first time this year that Ballard has topped SSG. Both firms head into the fourth quarter with nearly identical year-to-date numbers and have already passed the $10 million mark. It’s…