LA-02: Carter Swamps Jefferson in Fundraising

by: DavidNYC

Mon Dec 04, 2006 at 12:04 AM EST

Carter, a Democratic state representative from New Orleans, raised $320,741 in a month, compared with $72,485 for Jefferson, the eight-term incumbent whose political fortunes -- and fund-raising ability -- have been dampened by a federal bribery investigation.

Clearly Jefferson's support is drying up, though he does still have a $117K to $58K cash-on-hand advantage. Actually, I should say that he did have an advantage. For one thing, these reports only go through 11/19. And for another, as Tim points out, Carter has already filed several supplemental reports (you have to file frequent notice of new donations over a certain size when you get close to election day) since the full report was released.

In those four supplemental reports (called "48 hour reports"), Carter has raised almost $130K - and they only start on 11/27, so they leave out the week between the 19th and the 27th. Jefferson's campaign has filed exactly zero 48 hour reports.

The article also offers a nice mention of the online community's efforts via ActBlue. While Blue Majority has spearheaded this drive, I'm really pleased to see that Carter has now been added to eleven different ActBlue pages.

As always, keep checking in with Tim over at MyDD for on-the-ground coverage. He has an important new piece up today about the centrality of Katrina to this entire race. For those of us outside New Orleans, this perspective is invaluable.