FEC numbers from Virginia candidates

     
By JR Hoeft
Published April 16th, 2008  

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There were few surprises from yesterday’s FEC filings…however, J’s notes has a good run-down on what’s going on in the 11th. The big news there is that among Democrats, Gerry Connolly is out-raising Leslie Byrne. More importantly, Republican Keith Fimian is out-raising Connolly 2:1.

In addition to J’s notes, also check out Right-wing Liberal and Virginia Virtucon on the race in the 11th.

Of course, a fund-raising advantage does not guarantee victory…at least that’s what supporters of Bob Marshall are saying regarding Jim Gilmore, and what both Republicans are saying to Mark Warner. Gilmore raised $396K this quarter to Marshall’s $52K. Of course, Mark Warner raised $2.5 million. Ouch.

In the “competitive” race here in Hampton Roads in the 2nd House District between incumbent Thelma Drake (R) and community newcomer Glenn Nye (D), Nye did pretty well, raising $252K and spending only $30K. Drake raised a little over $300K, but spent about $120K of it, giving her $593K still available in the “war chest.”

For those interested in the Republican congressional primary in the 8th, Amit Singh raised $35K and spent five of it and, at the time of this post, there was no data available on Mark Ellmore. Rep. Jim Moran (D) has over $730K on-hand.

Over in the 10th, Democrat Judy Feder did well in her out-of-state fundraising and collected about $311K for $700K on-hand, whereas Rep. Frank Wolf (R) raised about the same at $310K and has $716K for the campaign. At-least the money-race is close in this one.

For the curious among us, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) has about $80K, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03) has $143K, Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA04) has $399K available, Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA05) has $593K, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA06) has $1.5M, Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-07) has $753K, and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA09) has nearly $1.4M.

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6 Responses to “FEC numbers from Virginia candidates”

  1. Brian KirwinNo Gravatar on April 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Wonder why Glenn Nye has so much time on his hands to do so much fundraising?

  2. anonNo Gravatar on April 16th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    First time stopping by in a while, just wanted to compliment you all on the new format, it’s much easier on the eyes in my opinion. Who says conservatives are afraid of change? ;-)

  3. Brian KirwinNo Gravatar on April 16th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    Conservatives aren’t afraid of change. Conservatives are afraid of having nothing left but change after Democrats tax the rest.

  4. anonNo Gravatar on April 17th, 2008 at 11:54 am

    That line was much better delivered by George H.W. Bush against Bill Clinton in 1992.

    And he still lost. :)

  5. More FEC candidate information…Ellmore lags Singh : Bearing Drift on April 19th, 2008 at 10:40 am

    [...] this week I posted that Republican Mark Ellmore’s campaign finance information was not yet available to compare with his Virginia Eighth Congressional District primary opponent, Amit Singh. That has [...]

  6. AnonNo Gravatar on July 18th, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Surprises were hard to come by when you take a closer look at where Virgil Goode’s $583K actually came from.

    Business as usual: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uop7u9GUERU

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