Loyola asks “Where’s Rigell”? Sandlin says Cantor is a “meddler”. Mizusawa says he’s “on march”.

Scott Rigell must be in the lead in the Republican nomination contest in Virginia’s Second Congressional District because in the last couple days he’s taken arrows from Ben Loyola, Ed Maulbeck, Bert Mizusawa, and Jessica Sandlin, four of his five opponents.

First, a couple days ago, following Rigell receiving the endorsement of Republican Whip Eric Cantor, Sandlin excoriates the Whip with the following statement:

“What I cannot understand is why Eric Cantor would step into the middle of this primary contest. It’s an insult to every other candidate in this race and constitutes an inappropriate meddling into the affairs of Hampton Roads Republicans. It’s heavy-handed, and entirely out-of-character for a fellow Virginian to dispense with civility and endorse a Republican candidate before the people of this district have had a chance to vote their own consciences,” stated Jessica Sandlin, one of six Republican candidates seeking the party’s nomination on June 8.

“I really stand in amazement. How can we have a fair debate and healthy discussion about the various strengths and weaknesses of each candidate for the local party’s nomination when a Republican strongman such as Cantor is attempting to manipulate the party process from Richmond and Washington?”

“This kind of preemptive political anointing of a single candidate before a primary election is not healthy for the Republican Party.”

Her thoughts echo what another candidate, Ed Maulbeck, told Bearing Drift in a recent podcast.

Then, today, Ben Loyola sends some ordinance down range with this salvo about his belief that Rigell is beginning to avoid his fellow opponents:

“Rigell got some tough questions about his support for Obama and he has virtually avoided forums ever since,” fired Loyola.

Organizers of the candidate forum for the Lake Smith Terrace/Haygood Point/ Governor Square Civic Leagues learned just hours before that Rigell cancelled his participation in their event held last night, offering to send a letter of profuse apologies.

This is just days after Rigell cancelled his participation in a candidate forum at Old Dominion University sponsored by the blog, Bearing Drift. Rigell has also at the last minute cancelled appearances at Tidewater Community College and another candidate forum held by one of the Virginia Beach Republican Women’s Clubs.

“It’s obvious that Rigell’s handlers don’t want him taking questions and speaking in anything but controlled environments and hope that his television commercials do all his work for him,” added Loyola. “Voters should know that if this is the way Rigell campaigns, this is what they can expect of him in office.”

Of course, there’s a reason for Loyola, Sandlin and Maulbeck to express their disappointment: Rigell announced today that his cash-on-hand is over $620,000:

“My campaign is dedicated to bringing proven conservative leadership to Washington and ending Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s grip on power. While I am proud to have another six figure quarter in fundraising from individual donors, I am most proud of the generous support I continue to receive from the families of Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore. Of the 157 reportable individual donations to my campaign this quarter, 115 are from people who live, work and raise their families in the Second District. It is a sign of our campaign’s message of business sense, conservative leadership and reforming Congress that our total receipts for this quarter are more than all five of our opponents for the Republican nomination combined.”

His next closest fundraising competitor, Bert Mizusawa, questions Rigell’s fundraising prowess, emphasizing how much self-funding the Virginia Beach car dealer has contributed to the campaign:

“Mizusawa led all Republicans in the Second Congressional District with $145,548.80 collected from contributors between January 1 and March 31 of this year. Scott Rigell came in second to Mizusawa with only $126,000 raised from contributors. This is the second consecutive fundraising period Mizusawa has received more contributions than Rigell and his other opponents.

“Through personal loans and direct personal contributions, Scott Rigell has now financed nearly 56% of his campaign with his own checkbook. This does not count additional contributions from his wife and family members.

“During the last quarter, the Rigell campaign went into “deficit-spending mode,” spending more than double what they received from contributors. Rigell’s personal contribution of $273,000 to his own campaign did not even cover campaign expenditures for the last three months. By contrast, Mizusawa has shown he not only preaches fiscal conservatism, he practices it.”

Yet those claims do not go without a response from the Rigell camp:

“The amount of money raised from the candidate’s local community is but one demonstration of the amount of support a candidate will have on Election Day. By comparison, our next closest fundraising competitor was only able to find three people in the Second District willing to donate to his campaign,” remarked Campaign Manager Jason Miyares.

Primary Day is June 8. Anyone living in the district can vote. Voter registration closes 30 days prior to election. The nominee will challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Glenn Nye (D-Va.).

Thank God there’re only six more weeks of this.

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