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5 fun facts from the 3rd quarter

A few days after third quarter campaign finance reports were published, here’s a handful of interesting items that jumped out at us.

1. Why spend money when you’ve barely started running? Republican 7th District candidate Pat Meehan, only 16 days into his campaign when the third quarter closed Sept. 30, didn’t have to. The former U.S. Attorney spent a paltry $607, records show. Most of it was for processing online contributions, and the rest was for refreshments and supplies for his mid-September announcement tour.

2. Good help doesn’t come cheap. And Democratic 6th District candidate Doug Pike’s high-priced media consultants qualify as good help. Led by longtime Ed Rendell adviser Neil Oxman, The Campaign Group got a cool $25,000 from Pike’s campaign during the quarter.

3. Sometimes, more is just more. Republican Damian Dachowski is hoping to make a serious challenge to Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13). He’ll have to find some more donors. Schwartz finished the quarter with more than $2.5 million in her campaign account—more than 100 times the amount Dachowski has.

4. You’ve got to spend money to make money, right?. Republican Senate candidate has raised more than $3 million during the election cycle, but has less than $2 million left, despite not having a serious primary opponent. Where’d it all go? His complete third quarter report hasn’t been published yet, so we’ll have to wait and see.

5. Sometimes, your best friend is yourself. Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6), winding down his House campaign account as he runs for governor, sent $75,000 from his federal PAC to his state PAC. Who do you think he’s voting for?

October 19, 2009 at 11:00 am

--pa2010.com Staff

Tags: Allsyon Schwartz, Damian Dachowski, Doug Pike, Jim Gerlach, Neil Oxman, PA-13, PA-6, PA-7, Pat Meehan, Pat Toomey

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