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.
Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. 
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Wonder why Glenn Nye has so much time on his hands to do so much fundraising?
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?
Conservatives aren’t afraid of change. Conservatives are afraid of having nothing left but change after Democrats tax the rest.
That line was much better delivered by George H.W. Bush against Bill Clinton in 1992.
And he still lost.
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