December 5, 2007 - 12:39pm
Future PAC, Macpherson lead in fundraising
By Wally Edge
Tags: Greg Macpherson, John Kroger, Kate Brown, Vicki Walker, Rick Metsger, Dave Hunt, Craig Campbell, Ben Westlund, Richard Devlin, Ted Ferrioli, Bruce Hanna
The race for cash is off and running with Majority Leader Dave Hunt and the House Democrats leading in the amount of dough raised at $226,549 and Attorney General candidate Greg Macpherson with a whopping $251,525 on hand.
Kate Brown leads the charge in the Secretary of State race pulling in $155,295, however, Brad Avakian’s meager $2264 in his bank account speaks much louder and enhances recent speculation that he may be dismounting the SOS horse race altogether. Perhaps a better offer has come along?
Treasurer candidate Ben Westlund wins the largest debt award, but that could change quickly if GOP lobbyist Craig Campbell jumps into the fray. House Minority Leader Bruce Hanna shows little chance at regaining control with $20,264 in the bank, but a lot could change between now and next November. Senate Majority Leader Richard Devlin picked up where Brown left off with strong numbers in the raised and on hand categories, but Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli is not far behind. Below is a breakdown of all the statewide and caucus campaigns.
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Ben's debt is not a problem
Good article but if you had dug a bit deeper you would see that of Ben's debt, left over from his run for Governor, $80,000 is actually a loan from him and almost another $5,000 are his expenses that haven't been reimbursed.
We're not worried about paying that back anytime soon. We are however raising money for his campaign and if folks don't want to see a "GOP lobbyist" become State Treasurer, they can help by donating today.
Most interesting number...
To me, the most interesting number is the House Republicans. They've raised nearly $180K, yet only have $20K on hand.
Were they that far in debt? If not, what have they been spending their money on? I mean, Future PAC still has the vast majority of the funds it brought in.
I'll have to go dig through some C&E reports to see what I can find out.
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