I’ve got to give ol’ Shelley some credit. She did a decent job raising money last quarter. I’m sure there was some pent-up demand for a Republican candidate in CD22, and I know for a fact that Nick Lampson eased up on the accelerator a bit, but still, she had a decent haul. Too bad for her that the NRCC has already written her off.
Some other observations from the September 30 FEC filing:
Chet Edwards has $1.5 million on hand. Van Taylor has $100K, plus a $250K loan to himself. Any questions?
Shane Sklar and Will Pryor are the two top non-Lampson Democratic challengers in terms of fundraising. Each will have collected about $500K total when all is said and done. I still think the DCCC would have been better off taking that $850K it has reserved for Lampson and spreading it around other districts, like these two. But that’s just me.
No clue yet how the CD23 challengers are doing. Only Ciro Rodriguez has a current report, and his totals are skewed by the amount he raised during the primary. He has very little on hand, though. I’ll be very interested to see how Lukin Gilliland and Albert Uresti have fared.
Netroots favorite John Courage has acquitted himself well in fundraising, which is all the more impressive given how much steeper the hill he has to climb is post-SCOTUS. The ActBlue Netroots candidates page accounts for a little less than 10% of his total take, with another $22K coming from elsewhere on ActBlue.
Mary Beth Harrell ($155K) and Jim Henley ($95K) will each raise over $100K by November 7. The top five non-Lampson Democratic challengers have combined for over $1.4 million in fundraising, with more to come. The difference between this year’s crop of challengers and 2004’s is night and day.
Note, by the way, that neither of Harrell nor Henley’s opponents (the Debate-Ducking Duo, if you will) has all that much cash in the bank right now. How far do you think $200K or so from the DCCC might go in CDs31 and 07? We’ll never know.
I wonder how much those billboards Culberson rented are setting him back. (I could probably try to figure it out from the FEC page, but I’m rather hoping someone will do it for me now that I’ve asked.) I certainly don’t recall him spending so obviously in 2004.
Is it too late for the DCCC to give money to Harrell and Henley? I know it is extremely unlikely that they would give to these two candidates under any circumstances, but pressure from the netroots wouldn’t hurt if it wasn’t too late.
Republicans have won with last minute advertising blitzes before. Why can’t the Democrats? Especially these Democrats.
I wonder how much those billboards Culberson rented are setting him back. (I could probably try to figure it out from the FEC page, but I’m rather hoping someone will do it for me now that I’ve asked.) I certainly don’t recall him spending so obviously in 2004.
Well, he has no choice really. He has to offset all those pageviews of your photo of the Republicans for Henley sign! I sense panic in the Culberson camp. 🙂
I rummaged through Culberson’s FEC report – looks as if the billboards cost ~$20-25K. Any other signs of a Culberson campaign presence? (other than near-secret debates with people other than his opponent).
i agree. Im calling the dccc about this. m sure they will jump and take my advice-heh. seriously the dscc should throw some cash into triple the races they are now. lets really hit em
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