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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
AZ-Sen: Pederson (D) Trails Kyl (R) in Fundraising - But Read On
Posted by DavidNYCJim Pederson is the Democrat taking on Republican incumbent (and bona fide mouth-breather) Jon Kyl in Arizona. Here's how the third quarter shaped up, and where things stand now:
Pederson 3Q Amount Raised: $723K
Kyl 3Q Amount Raised: $873KPederson Cash-on-Hand: D/K
Kyl Cash-on-Hand: $4.25M
Presumably we'll find out Pederson's cash-on-hand when he files on (or before) Friday. Anyhow, here's the salient takeway from this bit of news:
1) Pederson only kicked off his campaign after Labor Day, so he's got less than a month of fundraising under his belt - not too shabby. What's more, most people were focused on giving to Katrina relief efforts in the first part of September, so this total is particularly good.
2) Pederson, a real estate developer, is tremendously wealthy - but he hasn't given his campaign a dime yet. But not only does he have mad scrilla to fall back on, most of his donations this quarter were decidedly grassroots-level (79% were under $200). To me, that's a sign of a healthy campaign.
P.S. There haven't been any serious polls of this race yet. I'm making a decision right now that the Zogby Interactive crap is just that - crap. As someone else said, those polls should carry a disclaimer that reads: "For entertainment purposes only." Zogby's regular polls are still fine, as far as I'm concerned, but I'm just not going to report on their Internets stuff.
(Via Basie.)
Posted at 01:45 PM in 2006 Elections - Senate, Arizona | Technorati
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