Agorism
10-16-2010, 06:07 PM
Dems Getting Crushed On The Fundraising Front (http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/10/dems_getting_cr.php)
By Josh Kraushaar
If money follows momentum, the third-quarter fundraising numbers for House Democrats are yet another ominous sign of what's in store for them on Election Day.
Throughout the country, an unusually large number of House Democrats, all sporting the fundraising advantages of incumbency, are getting outraised by their GOP challengers. Many endangered Democrats in leadership positions are getting outraised by Republicans primarily dependent on money from individual donors.
In Missouri, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) was outraised by former GOP state Rep. Vicky Hartzler, $530K to $426K -- with the majority of her donations coming from individual donors in rural Missouri. In Colorado, Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.), the brother of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, was outraised by his Republican challenger Scott Tipton, $532K to $482K.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), normally one of the Democrats' top fundraisers, got crushed on the financial front against Republican Dan Debicella. Himes raised a solid $575K, consistent with his past fundraising totals, but Debicella raised significantly more, $802K, in a suburban New York City district filled with Wall Street employees, many of whom are disenchanted with Democratic regulatory policies.
In South Dakota, Republican state Rep. Kristi Noem raised $1.1 million over the last three months - more than twice as much as Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) -- an eye-popping sum for a House race in such a small state. In North Dakota, Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), bringing in $528K was badly outraised by Republican Rick Berg, who raised $641K.
The list goes on and on: Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) wasn't even in the fundraising ballpark of his Republican challenger Jackie Walorski, who outraised the congressman, $546K to $323K. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS), a popular conservative Democrat facing his first serious race in many years, got badly outraised by Republican Steven Palazzo.
We're still tabulating all the numbers, but if the trends hold up, we could see a record number of Democratic incumbents getting outraised in the last three months by their Republican challengers - another empirical bit of evidence that 2010 is shaping up to be a Republican rout.
By Josh Kraushaar
If money follows momentum, the third-quarter fundraising numbers for House Democrats are yet another ominous sign of what's in store for them on Election Day.
Throughout the country, an unusually large number of House Democrats, all sporting the fundraising advantages of incumbency, are getting outraised by their GOP challengers. Many endangered Democrats in leadership positions are getting outraised by Republicans primarily dependent on money from individual donors.
In Missouri, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) was outraised by former GOP state Rep. Vicky Hartzler, $530K to $426K -- with the majority of her donations coming from individual donors in rural Missouri. In Colorado, Rep. John Salazar (D-Colo.), the brother of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, was outraised by his Republican challenger Scott Tipton, $532K to $482K.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), normally one of the Democrats' top fundraisers, got crushed on the financial front against Republican Dan Debicella. Himes raised a solid $575K, consistent with his past fundraising totals, but Debicella raised significantly more, $802K, in a suburban New York City district filled with Wall Street employees, many of whom are disenchanted with Democratic regulatory policies.
In South Dakota, Republican state Rep. Kristi Noem raised $1.1 million over the last three months - more than twice as much as Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) -- an eye-popping sum for a House race in such a small state. In North Dakota, Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), bringing in $528K was badly outraised by Republican Rick Berg, who raised $641K.
The list goes on and on: Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) wasn't even in the fundraising ballpark of his Republican challenger Jackie Walorski, who outraised the congressman, $546K to $323K. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS), a popular conservative Democrat facing his first serious race in many years, got badly outraised by Republican Steven Palazzo.
We're still tabulating all the numbers, but if the trends hold up, we could see a record number of Democratic incumbents getting outraised in the last three months by their Republican challengers - another empirical bit of evidence that 2010 is shaping up to be a Republican rout.