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Mid-day campaign finance odds and ends
Still waiting for some of the more high-profile reports to go online (i.e., Specter, Toomey and Sestak).
But here are some odds and ends from campaign finance data.
Congressman Tim Holden (D-17) has about $571,000 in cash on hand, most of it from previous election cycles. You can see his report here.
Frank Ryan, who might run against Holden, raised about $21,000 during the period and spent little. You can see his report here.
Joe Pitts challenger Lois Herr has $37,000 in cash on hand, according to her report. The Democrat raised about $44,000 during the period. Her campain claims the money she’s raised from individuals is double that of the Republican incumbent, who got more of his oney from PACs. But I haven’t seen his report online yet so we’ll have to wait to confirm that.
More to come, so stay tuned.
July 15, 2009 at 1:32 pm
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Jul 15th, 2009
Interesting that Herr has more on hand than Schroder.
HA
Jul 15th, 2009
I hope Herr gives Pitts a good run.
Schroder's Shadow
Jul 15th, 2009
I don’t find it that interesting.
This is a guy who according to followthemoney.org, has raised a grand total of $367,613.00 since 1998.
That’s a fraction of what he would need to get him out of a primary and he had 11 years to raise it.
Now lets get the preemptive Pro Schroeder Arguments out of the way.
1) He didn’t need it.
Really you don’t need money in politics? You need money in your campaign war chest.
What you mean is that Curt was happy to do the least amount work possible to hold his seat.
Clearly in 1998, and again in 2006 and 2008 when the Republicans were out of the majority, HRCC and GOP candidates could have used more money then the $10,175 he gave out in 2008.
Washington already has enough people doing as little as possible we need someone who will do as much as possible.
2) Its impossible to raise money without an opponent.
Nothing is impossible, it just requires a lot of work, something that Curt doesn’t like to do.
If you think being seen as the winner makes it tougher to raise money. What is it going to look like in a crowded field where there isn’t a clear winner?
Like it or not Curt should stay in the State House and I bet he will since he’d have to give up his house seat to run in the primary, or risk it becoming too big of an issue.
Lee Levan
Jul 15th, 2009
Did anyone see Specter today questioning Sotomayor? I don’t know whether he is ill, but his voice was very weak.
The MSNBC commentators discussed the fact that Specter obviously was attempting to make amends for his infamous and degrading questioning of Anita Hill during the Clarance Thomas nomination hearings. If that’s the case, I felt a bit sorry for him because his efforts appeared to fall flat. He came across as annoyed with Sotomayor, possibly because she didn’t oblige his invitation to make him look good.