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House Fundraising Update

Submitted by HouseGuru on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 18:44
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I am trying to put together good news and bad news on the fundraising front. My opinion is that a candidate that is not being outspent 3 to1 and has the money to get his message out could still manage to win the election. And I strongly believe that this cycle will turn out in a lot of local races to be a referendum on drilling in the United States and the public is turning on the Democrats. One would hope that the Republicans could develop an effective message to turn the public against the Democrats not like the way it always goes that the Democrats still mange to turn everything against Republicans.

Numbers below the flip.

 

AZ 8 Giffords (D) vs. Bee (R)
 
Bee raised this Q around 390K well short of the about 465K he raised in the first Q. he still has around 690K on hand and the President in coming in for a fundraiser soon that might add some money to his coffers. 
 
Giffords raised in the 2Q around 562K and has 2.1 Million on hand. (She is going to need every dollar do to the McCain effect the top of the ticket.
 
CA 4 Brown (D) vs. McClintock (R)
 
McClintock raised in the 2Q 1.2 Million. But coming off a tough primary he has only left about 117K on hand.
 
Brown on the other and raised 357K but didn’t have to spend on a primary so he has 670K on hand. I am almost certain that McClintock will have the money to hold this seat in the red.
 
PA 6 Gerlach (R) vs. Roggio (D)
 
This race is one the most fortunate races fro the GOP. Gerlach beat barely his Democratic opponents in the last few cycles and the Democrats didn’t succeed to recruit a credible candidate against him this cycle. But he is smart and he is not taking anything likely. The democrats didn’t even put him on their target list this time around.
 
Gerlach raised 343K in the 2Q and has about 761K on hand
 
Roggio raised 180K in the 2Q and has about 260K on hand. 
 
PA 11 Kanjorski (D) vs. Barletta (R) 
 
This race is turning out to be one of the most interesting races this far and one of the best pickup opportunities for the Republicans. With an incumbent having more then 2 million on hand, the DCCC, in the first general election ad to run this cycle today went on air against Bartletta tying him (a mayor of a city) to President Bush. Kanjorski is being plugged by scandals give earmarks to family members and he was caught on tape that the Democrats overstated their power to end the war just to win the election in 06. 
 
Barletta raised about 330K and in the cycle overall more then 500K and he has cash on hand around 320K. If you want to be a part of beating the democrats Don Young Support Lou Barletta!

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