Pre-Primary FEC Run Down: Rangel Makes A Statement
Pre-primary reports were due last night at midnight in 7 states. As always, there is particularly revealing info in several competitive races.
Here's a rundown of the numbers that jump off the page on the House side.
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D) had a surprisingly good quarter, mostly because his opponents didn't raise anything. Rangel raised $404K and has $422K CoH. He also spent nearly $500K during the reporting period. His main challenger, Adam Clayton Powell raised an abysmal $44K and has just $39K in his bank account.
In NY-23, Doug Hoffman (R), who made a splash in the '09 special election for the seat by grabbing Tea Party support, reported extremely low numbers. He raised just $37K and has $152K in the bank. He is facing off against businessman Matt Doheny in the GOP primary. Doheny loaned his campaign $250K and raised $41K. He has $471K in the bank. Rep. Bill Owens (D) still has a cash on hand advantage, though, having raised $127K and banking nearly $600K.
Several Republicans posted solid numbers. Ret. Army Col. Chris Gibson (R) had a strong report in NY 20, Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand's (D) former House seat. Gibson hauled in $262K and has $526K in his warchest. That wasn't good enough to top Rep. Scott Murphy (D), however. Murphy raised $325K and has $1.4M in the bank.
Former "Real World" star and ex-Ashland Co. DA Sean Duffy (R) had another strong fundraising report in WI 07. Duffy raised $233K but was matched by state Sen. Julie Lassa (D), who raised $235K. Duffy, who the DCCC targeted this week with its first IE TV ad, still leads in CoH $694K to 403K.
State Sen. Andy Harris (R) outraised Rep.Frank Kratovil (D) in MD 01. Harris, who ran in '08, raised $193K while Kratovil brought in $134K. Kratovil maintained his CoH advantage, however, with $1.3M in the bank to Harris' $944K.
And in the race for retiring Rep. Bill Delahunt's (D) MA 10, state Rep. Jeff Perry (R) outraised all of his challengers - both Dem and GOP. Perry hauled in $156K and has $128K in the bank. His main primary opponent, ex. Treasurer Joe Malone, reported $114K for the period and $51K in the bank. On the Dem side, Norfolk Co. DA William Keating (D) raised $148K, but has more than the GOPers in his warchest -- $364K. Keating faces state Sen. Robert O'Leary in the Dem primary. O'Leary raised only $61K and has $41K in the bank.