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2Q House Fundraising Reports Roundup

by: James L.

Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 11:12 AM EDT


We've been a little slow in getting this out over at the Lexington Avenue office of SSP Quarterly, but thanks to the heroic efforts of Contributing Editor Jeffmd, who compiled something in the ballpark of 85% of these numbers with his own bare hands, we now have our full spreadsheet of noteworthy 2Q House fundraising numbers for you to enjoy.

A few notes:

  • Democratic challengers who outraised Republican incumbents: Ami Bera (CA-03), Steve Pougnet (CA-45)

  • Republican challengers who outraised Democratic incumbents: David Harmer (CA-11), Allen West (FL-22), Mike Keown (GA-02), Austin Scott (GA-08), Adam Kinzinger (IL-11), Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Todd Young (IN-09), Todd Lally (KY-03), Andy Barr (KY-06), Rocky Raczkowski (MI-09), Alan Nunnelee (MS-01), Ilario Pantano (NC-07), Harold Johnson (NC-08), Steve Pearce (NM-02), Chris Gibson (NY-20), Steve Chabot (OH-01), Bill Johnson (OH-06), Steve Stivers (OH-15), Jim Renacci (OH-16), Lou Barletta (PA-11), Tim Burns (PA-12), Kristi Noem (SD-AL), Bill Flores (TX-17), Quico Canseco (TX-23), Scott Rigell (VA-02), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Dan Kapanke (WI-03)

  • Democratic challengers with more cash-on-hand than Republican incumbents: Ami Bera (CA-03), Suzan Delbene (WA-08)

  • Republican challengers with more cash-on-hand than Democratic incumbents: Randy Altschuler (NY-01), Nan Hayworth (NY-19), Matt Doheny (NY-23), Steve Chabot (OH-01), Tom Ganley (OH-13), Steve Stivers (OH-15)
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2Q House Fundraising Reports Roundup | 47 comments
ND-AL
Pomeroy has $1.6 COH? In North Dakota?! He should be able to buy up ad space between now and November!

23, Male, PA-05 (summer) PA-12 (winter)
NH-02
  Both our prospective candidates, Kuster and Swett, are swamping the Republican opposition in fundraising.  Impressive.

 I'm generally pleased with Democratic fundraising outside of three states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.

24, Male, GA-05

PA-03: Mike Kelly, not George
also, sad how the Goyle and Sangisetty fundraising machines are drying up. While their districts are hopelessly red, it was still cool while it lasted.

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
well, I stand corrected
I think his legal name is George but he goes by Mike.

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
[ Parent ]
Goyle drying up? Why do you call his numbers "drying up"???......
He raised more than any of the Republicans, and he has more than double the cash-on-hand of the most flush Republican.

He's fine for money.

Sangisetty is a different story.

I met both these guys and also Trivedi at a political conference this past weekend, and Trivedi was the most impressive of the three.  Goyle was the next most impressive.  Sangisetty was the most reserved of the bunch, I actually sat right next to him for lunch, and I was more talkative than him.

All of them did a good job staying on message, but Trivedi was obviously the most knowledgeable on the issues of the day and was able to answer hard questions much more quickly nad crisply than most Congressional candidates.

43, male, Indian-American, Democrat, VA-10

[ Parent ]
Trivedi needs to perfect to have a chance
Sadly this just isn't the best cycle for him.  But if he runs a good campaign in 2010 and loses then 2012 could be his yea., I can imagine 2012 with Obama on the ballot would be a better environment for him than the current cycle.
[ Parent ]
I'm confused where the "drying up" comment comes from too
Goyle still has substantially more CoH then any of his competitors.  
[ Parent ]
Wasn't
Goyle raising $400K+ a quarter? And significantly outraising Pompeo too? His fundraising has gone from godlike to merely impressive, which I don't think is enough in an R+14(?) district (though, pessimist that I am, I don't think godlike fundraising would be enough, at least not this year).

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
[ Parent ]
More good than bad
Encouraging - Bright, Causey, Kirkpatrick, Mitchell, Giffords, Loretta Sanchez, Betsy Markey, Perlmutter, Himes, Chris Murphy, Boyd, Grayson, Kosmas, Garcia, Marshall, Hanabusa, Minnick, Bean, Seals, Foster, Van Haaften, Keating, Kratovil, Schauer, Peters, Walz, Skelton, Gene Taylor, Shuler, Pomeroy, Shea-Porter, Kuster, Adler, Heinrich, Titus, Sutton, Space, Dahlkemper, Altmire, Patrick Murphy, Chris Carney, Holden, Spratt, Lincoln Davis, Herron, Chet Edwards, Perriello, Boucher, Connolly, Heck, Kagen, Rahall

Troubling - John Carney, Klein, Sanford Bishop, Richmond, Chandler, McDowell, Hall, Zeller, Driehaus, Kilroy, Lentz, Herseth Sandlin, Rodriguez, Nye, Lassa.

Kissell should be in "Troubling" Category
At $104,000 raised for the second quarter, Congressman Larry Kissell (NC-8) had the lowest second quarter fundraising total out of all the Democratic incumbents listed on the chart.  His second quarter total was eclipsed by what Harold Johnson, the Republican nominee on the ballot for the race, raised.  Kissell has significantly more cash on hand than Johnson but not by a mind boggling margin that is characteristic of many Democratic incumbents in swing districts.  Johnson is able to self-fund to some extent and has done so.  I don't think Kissell can.  He has angered the base by voting against healthcare and cap and trade yet he still votes 95% of the time with the Democratic leadership in the House.  The DCCC provided a significant assist to his campaign last election but I wonder how much they do so this cycle.
[ Parent ]
I can see that
Though he was barely out-raised and still has a significant CoH advantage. Granted, Johnson self-funding mitigates that somewhat but Kissell lead in the recent PPP poll so I'm less concerned about him than some of the others. Also, I doubt the two votes you cited will hurt him. On the contrary it probably helps with indies, conservative Dems and sane Republican voters. Frankly, if the Dem base in NC-08 don't GOTV to support him when he votes 95% of the time with leadership they deserve the GOP representation they will get.
[ Parent ]
Kissell has always been a terrible fundraiser
No surprises there.
[ Parent ]
The Orange County CA duo (44 & 48) doesn't look to be in very good shape :(
How Calvert and Campbell have so much CoH is beyond me, one is a dyed in the wool birther and the other is someone considered by people on both sides of the aisle of being completely corrupt.

This is just very disheartening...

20, Male, Democrat, CA-44 (home) CA-12 (college)

FL-10 and FL-12
Look at those "eye popping" numbers. So much for these being competitive. The Florida Democratic party is a joke.
The Ohio GOP candidates
are all just going crazy.  We all know about Rob Portman, but my goodness, Steve Chabot, Steve Stivers, Jim Renacci and Tom Ganley are all seemingly in the national top 10-20 for house challengers this cycle.  Where in the world is all this money coming from?  

Poor Paula Brooks, who's got a very respectable 683k in the bank right now, is still facing a 4-1 CoH deficit against Patrick Tiberi.  

I've never seen such utter financial domination by one party over the other like this, Ohio is usually much more competitive than this.  

23, Male, Democrat, OH-13

Can it be
Something to do with money funnelling down from Portman's donors? I'm not suggesting impropriety at all just maybe some doubling up. In other words the House candidates may have access to funds that otherwise wouldn't have been available if not for the senate race. Having said that Chabot is a former Congressman and Ganley is basically self-funding.
[ Parent ]
I'm okay with Ohio being thew GOP beachhead this cycle
It will only be temporary.  Let's face it, the state cannot survive with an all republican govt and it knows that now.  10 years ago they had a GOP Guv, 2 Senators and so on.

To me, I love what we're seeing in guv races in TX, FL and GA.  The PA guv race sucks but its always cyclical in PA.  

All in all, I'm actually really pleased about the Dems and how they are running so far.  Its the national mood that is killing Dems, not bad campaigns a=or scandals (for the most part).

[ Parent ]
Space is the one bright spot
I think the GOP did a good job recruiting this cycle.  Having self funders and folks who have run before or held the office before really helps.  I also think these house members are being overshadowed by the Gov and Sen races in the state.
[ Parent ]
I can agree with that
I don't think all those GOPers will win but it's a plus for the GOP to find self funders to run because of the vast resources the candidate already has (like Tom Ganley in OH) the R-Trip dosen't have to worry about giving them cash all the time and can focus their attentions on races where they have good candidates but can't self fund. But like I said before for the most part i'm happy with the fundrasing numbers for us so far.

You said this though:

 I also think these house members are being overshadowed by the Gov and Sen races in the state.

Numbers from what party: us, the GOP or both. Little confused in that statement

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.

[ Parent ]
Yes it just needs to be a managed narrative
For the GOP.  They can't look like they are buying the election.  They also need to make sure their $$$ advantage won't be over-used and remind people of how bad they are doing financially at a personal level.

I agree with most people though.  So far I can't really identify a truly poorly run house campaign.  Even Kanjorski seems tobe fighting hard.  I suppose Arcuri might be the next worst 2008 race to watch, but I thought he was doing better.

The 50 state strategy paid off in 2006 and 2008,l and now it seems the breadth and depth of the party is really trying to manage to keep the majority.  

Some day soon we might have to stop making fun of the Democratic party as being disorganized and goofy.

[ Parent ]
Agreed
It can't look like they are buying the election that's why they have a MIX of self funders and State Legislators that the GOP can help out. Yeah I agree I haven't seen a Dem that have been running a bad campaign. Some Dems have made votes we don't agree with like Kissell on HCR but his district wouldn't of approved of him voting for it so he was voting his district and that good. Plus his numbers aren't great but the poll PPP did showed him in good position. Kanjorski has run a good campaign but will go down because of who he is and Obama and Biden won't be there to save him like in '08.

Hey rdw I never made fun at the party as w whole for being disorganized and goofy, just certain people like Bob Menendez in the Senate. I'm not that type of person to do so.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.

[ Parent ]
Every Dem has made fun of the party
And rightfully so over the years.
[ Parent ]
I have but certain people, not the party as a whole
I've been fun of many goofs like Terry McAwful, Joe Trippi and Bob Schrum to name a few. Believe me they deserved to be made fun of. You'll agree.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.
[ Parent ]
What's the evidence
that Kissell's district wouldn't have approved of a vote for HCR? Has that been polled specifically in that district? If so - considering that HCR has gradually increased in popularity - when?

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"
--  Will Rogers  
[ Parent ]
On the flipside...
the Republicans in Pennsylvania are screwing up a golden opportunity. The candidates in PA-04, PA-10, and PA-17 are a pretty sad lot, and Tim Burns only raised $10k since the special election (while Critz raised $170k). I'd add PA-03 to the list except for that internal poll the Republican released.
[ Parent ]
Your right, there screwing up
But hey their loss is our gain. As for the internal poll in PA-3 I wouldn't put too much stock into it. I don't trust poll released from any campaign Dem or Rep. It's just a way to show or to create a edge or momentum when they really don't. Give me two hours and with the right voters I can do the same thing. Now if this was a poll released from a pollster that nothing to do with neither campaign I could put some stock into it.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.
[ Parent ]
NY-20
I know I've asked before, but does anyone know where the money comes from in this mainly rural district.  Gillibrand had her lawyer conenctions (and tobacco companies if I remember) but where is Murphy getting his money?

I've just never though of my home district as affluent, but the last 2 congresspersons have been fundraisning amchines somehow...

One thing I predict...
I think it will be awfully tough for a Dem to win this year in the house unless they have outraised their opponent, maybe excepting Dems in very safe seats.

BTW: just to confirm what desmoinesdem has been saying, Brad Zaun is way behind Leonard Boswell.  

Some will lose regardless
But agree that is a decent benchmark to look at.
[ Parent ]
Some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing the blues.
Oh the movie never ends it goes on and on and on and on.
[ Parent ]
IN-03
Stutzman's numbers are pretty unimpressive. I had taken IN-03 off the table once Souder retired, but Hayhurst might actually still have a shot.

Independent Socialist & Chair of SSP Cranky Indianian Hoosier Caucus, IN-09
Stutzman
He was only selected as the candidate in mid-June and filed his Statement of Organization on June 14th; $56k in half a month isn't shabby - at that rate, that's more than $300k a quarter.

Given Stutzman's late start though, Hayhurst (hopefully) should be competitive in the CoH game as we move forward.

[ Parent ]
I'm surprised no one on here is talking about AZ-03
A lone, credible Democrat with decent fundraising numbers combined with a potentially brutal 6-way GOP primary 9 weeks before election day makes this look like a sleeper race to me, even if this is the whitest district in Arizona. If there's any sort of white backlash against Brewer between now and election day, Goddard could have coattails here.

Combined with Kirkpatrick and Giffords' good numbers and the re-emergence of Susan Bitter Smith, Arizona is making me a little nervous this year.

20, CD MA-03/NH-01/MA-08

Combined with Kirkpatrick and Giffords' good numbers and the re-emergence of Susan Bitter Smith, Arizona is making me a little nervous this year.
Aw, what a shame.

Anyways i'm happy with these numbers raised this quarter. Although there's needs to be improvrment in OH and PA but to be honest i'm writing off PA-11 like a lot of us are.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.

[ Parent ]
Jan Brewer makes me nervous
So we're all in the same boat with AZ.

LOL

[ Parent ]
Hey, me too
She's helping out so far this year, but I'm very, very worried about what SB 1070 is going to do to my party over the next decade.

20, CD MA-03/NH-01/MA-08
[ Parent ]
Quite honestly you're lucky
Lucky that Bush was able to help stem the slide of Hispanic voters to the Dems.  He really did help hold down Hispanic voting margins in certain areas and I'm not sure people truly realize how much he helped in a lot of places.

Now many in the GOP, though not all, seem to be taking the chance that they can generate enough white voters to offset Hispanic unhappiness with the variuous immigration bills we've seen.

It almost makes you wonder if people have seen the results of a census, or poipulation growth estimates, and so forth.  Hispanic is the fastest growing race in the USA isn't it?  

Its a curious decision to make it  anational issue, when it could be a spectacular issue in local races (from AZ to PA-11, though I have no idea why in the latter).

[ Parent ]
He really did help hold down Hispanic voting margins in certain areas and I'm not sure people truly realize how much he helped in a lot of places.
I realized that. I knew a good portion of his victory in '04 came from him winning the hispaic vote. Only problem that since then the hardliners in the GOP have been hell bent of cracking down illegal immigration and so forth, pushing out the hispanics to the Dems in the process. The bill in Arizona dosen't halp much nationally but it could save Brewer who everyone thought was DOA.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.
[ Parent ]
Yes, its just curious
That the National GOP isn't running from it yet.  I mean it plays in certain areas, but as a national issue it just doesn't work too much.  

Its going to be especially touchy in 2012.  To be honest it will be quite interesting to see the 2012 Republican presidential primary.  When I look at the Republican primary calendar and think of the likely candidates, there could be 4 different winners in the first 4 primary states (Iowa, NH, SC, Mich).

[ Parent ]
It's a issue in PA-11
Because Lou Barletta made it an issue. As mayor of Hazleton he created the Illegal Immigration Relief Act. It's a ordinance allowed the city to deny a business permit to employers who hired illegal immigrants and gave the city authority to fine landlords up to $1,000 for leasing to illegal immigrants.The act also made English the official language of Hazleton, prohibiting city employees from translating documents into any language without official authorization Although in2007, Judge James M. Munley ruled that the act was unconstitutional for interfering with Federal immigration laws and violating the due process of individuals, employers and landlords.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.
[ Parent ]
Oh I know all that
I just have no idea how he came up with it.  Hazelton is not a big place.  How immigration became so big there is crazy.

I actually think the anti-immigration episode of The Simpsons was based on him.  It was so silly (that episode) that Springfield went anti-immigration to help offset the bear patrol tax.  

Its an episode every SSP member should watch.  It is so prescient to so many of the arguments on here.

[ Parent ]
I think it became big
Because Barletta pushed the issue and it made headlines because of what the act does and it caught the attention of alot of Conservatives an anti-liiegal immigration activists who thought this was the best thing since sliced bread and it being in a small town (Hazleton has a population little over 23,000) caught eyes as well. It's crazy and it's a good thing the law was struck down but it gave Barletta a lot of national cred.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.
[ Parent ]
Oh it helped Mayor Quimby in The Simpsons too
Still, just crazy.  God bless America, really everything is possible.
[ Parent ]
Still, just crazy. God bless America, really everything is possible
Aint that the truth.

22, Male, Democrat, PA-18.
[ Parent ]
Well, to be super nitpicky
Hispanic isn't a race on the Census, it's more a category of national origin.

21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
[ Parent ]
Really?
I didn't fill out the form myself this year.  Race used to be Caucasian (non-Hispanic) in the past didn't it.

Still I doubt there's any argument that Hispanics aren't the fastest growing "national origin".

[ Parent ]
Boswell's $$ advantage in IA-03 likely larger now
because Bill Clinton just headlined a fundraiser for him on Sunday.
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