3Q House Fundraising Round-Up

(Bumped – promoted by James L.)

Yesterday was the deadline for House and Senate campaigns to file their fundraising reports for the second quarter of 2007.  As promised, just like we did for the first and second quarters, we’ve amassed a list of noteworthy fundraising numbers for House incumbents and challengers.  While this list is seriously mega, it is not meant to be comprehensive.  If we’ve missed anything, please post the numbers in the comments.  And remember: these numbers are adjusted for rounding.  The second column shows cash-on-hand, and the third shows cycle-to-date fundraising.

Scroll buttons ready?  Away we go!

A few quick notes:

  • Republican challengers who out-raised Democratic incumbents: Richard Goddard (GA-08), Jim Ryun (KS-02), John Stephen (NH-01), Andrew Saul (NY-19), Chris Hackett (PA-10)* (Hackett is a little iffy — his total includes a $100K personal donation, as opposed to a loan.)
  • Democratic challengers who out-raised Republican incumbents: Darcy Burner (WA-08), Charlie Brown (CA-04), Charlie Stuart (FL-08), Nels Ackerson (IN-04), Andrew Duck (MD-06), Mark Schauer (MI-07), Linda Stender (NJ-07), Vic Wulsin (OH-02), Steve Black (OH-02), Tom Perriello (VA-05), Judy Feder (VA-10), Gary Trauner (WY-AL)
  • Republican incumbents who were out-raised by other Republicans: Wayne Gilchrest (MD-01), John Doolittle (CA-04)
  • Democratic incumbents who were out-raised by other Democrats: Dan Lipinski (IL-03), Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
  • MO-06 and WA-08: So get this.  Despite being the beneficiary of a high-profile fundraiser hosted by Republican Lord & Savior George W. Bush, Dave Reichert was out-hustled by Democrat Darcy Burner.  Compare Reichert’s haul with the total posted by Sam Graves, a Missouri Republican who received a fundraising visit from Dick Cheney.  Graves raised a very impressive $500K+ for the quarter.  I guess the President’s star power isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be anymore.
  • WA-08: Oh, and speaking of Dave Reichert, check out his filing.  He posted an unusually large amount of contribution refunds: $47,100.  I wonder what the deal is there.
  • Bills, bills, bills: Dig a little deeper into the filing of Alaska’s Don Young, whose expenses outweighed his receipts by a $200K margin.  What is he spending that money on?  $177,000 in legal bills to the DC law firm of Akin Gump might explain the incumbent’s diminishing (but still huge) cash-on-hand.  Will Thomas over at TPM has more in this vein.
  • Anatomy of a Dud, Part II: Are Tim Walz and Zack Space the luckiest Dem freshmen sitting in districts that Bush carried?  Take a look at their hapless opponents, who are all posting extremely anemic fundraising numbers.
  • VA-05 and IN-04: Where did Tom Perriello and Nels Ackerson come from?  Way to turn some heads — both candidates outraised their opponents in abbreviated fundraising quarters since announcing their House bids.
  • MD-01: Is Wayne Gilchrest doomed?  It sure seems like Republicans are eager to make an example out of him for his support of Democratic efforts to end the war in Iraq.

27 thoughts on “3Q House Fundraising Round-Up”

  1. IL-11? that seems to be our best pickup opportunity in IL, but I don’t see any numbers.

    Also, I wouldn’t count out Gilchrest. He’s fended off primary challengers before.

  2. You point out the $47,100 in refunds in Reichert’s numbers, but there is a whole lot more that is bizarre about them.

    Firstly they have been explained by the campaign as due to

    mistakes in dividing the Bush money between Reichert’s re-election campaign and the state Republican Party, which shared the more than $500,000 raised by the president.

    The refunded contributions will be repaid, so Reichert is counting those contributions toward his third quarter total

    Except these refunds are primarily accounting for overages made through individual contributions, not the Bush event which would have by rule been processed via a joint account, and the money from that is actually listed on line 12 of the summary report and amounts to only $35,754.80.  That joint account belongs to the Reichert Washington Victory Committee and only showed receipts of $135,000, a far cry less than the $500,000 the campaign suggested Bush brought in for the campaign and state party.

    So it seems that there were accounting/money processing errors, and that the campaign has been bloating their numbers so that it looked like Reichert raised more money than Burner in the quarter, which it is now clear that he didn’t.

  3. What’s up with John Hall?  How is his opponent beating him?  Is the DCCC going to jump in and help him out?

  4. Tim Walz is fundraising like crazy and his opponents suck. That’s great. Now we can focus on winning MN-Sen, MN-02, MN-03 and MN-06. I think Bonoff’s strong numbers show she can win and Franken outraised Coleman. The other two are more iffy.

  5. Going great there, Trauner!  Keep it up!

    On the other hand, Boyda will have to watch out for Ryun…

  6. It’s time to try to get Gilchrest to change parties.

    It’s obvious that Harris is going to win the primary (ex-Gov. Bob Ehrlich is hosting a fundraiser for him, 7 of 8 GOP state senators in the district have endorsed him. etc.). The question, then, is who would be the best Democrat to beat Harris? I think it’s Gilchrest. Sure, if he changed parties Gilchrest would be the most conservative Democrat from the Northeast, but he has a good record on environmental issues and on the war.

    Are you listening Chris Van Hollen?

  7. Add another $30,000 for debt reduction on last cycle’s account for a total of about $110,000.  Not stellar, but puts him about $309,000 ahead of where he was this time last cycle.

  8. so who are they and can they win???

    i know Virgil Goode is an xenophobic former democrat in what i would guess is a very conservative district and i checked Tom Perriello’s website and he seems to be a peace & justice activist, but I don’t anything about Buyer or Ackerson or Indiana’s 4th.

    Oh and while we’re talking about VA, who is Judy Feder and Frank Wolf?  I’ve never heard of either one.

  9. From today’s Hotline.

      3rdQ 3rdQ   3rdQ
      Indiv. Total   Oper.  Cash
      Contr.  Receipts  Exp.  PACs  Debt  On-Hand
    Alabama
    SESSIONS (R)  474,536  687,913  242,499 110,550  0 3,589,929
    Figures (D)*******************Not Available*******************************
    Alaska
    STEVENS (R)  303,767  466,182  249,094 142,550  0 1,073,242
    Caldero (D)*******************Not Available*******************************
    Arkansas
    PRYOR (D)  401,656  565,338  178,917 158,650  0 3,268,637
    Huckabee (R)*^  1,023,005 1,034,486  818,276  9,774  47,810  651,301
    Colorado
    Schaffer (R)  724,070  801,137  310,680  52,036  0 1,160,339
    Wolf (R)******************Filed candidacy after 9/30/07*******************
    Udall (D)  862,097 1,114,920  476,575 186,899  0 3,131,112
    Delaware
    BIDEN (D)**  1,691,181 1,770,625 2,651,674  36,275  128,210  3,345,741
    Georgia
    CHAMBLISS (R)  647,307 1,017,931  446,661 353,684  0 3,917,652
    Jones (D)  181,266  187,266  75,680  6,000  0 265,988
    Cardwell (D)  56,950  56,950  64,338  0   0   35,277
    Knight (D)  10,235   38,235  38,754  0 55,200  20,245
    Idaho
    Risch (R)*****************Filed candidacy after 9/30/07*******************
    Rammell (R)***************Filed candidacy after 9/30/07*******************
    LaRocco (D)  94,743  107,453  48,774  12,554  5,575  103,620
    Illinois
    DURBIN (D)  623,343  892,400  330,445 180,250  0 6,611,344
    Sauerberg (R)  65,750  66,570  183,708  0 250,000  170,137
    Iowa
    HARKIN (D)  775,861 1,028,892  517,376 215,387  0 3,079,993
    Latham (R)*^  49,252  92,501  44,659  39,518  0 412,186
    King (R)*^  34,530   78,446  35,549  43,916  21,820  114,625
    Rathje (R)********************Not Available*******************************
    Kansas
    ROBERTS (R)  171,842  397,708  214,742 179,086  0 2,152,391
    Kentucky
    MCCONNELL (R)  1,064,778 1,549,182  371,756 419,986  0 6,814,196
    Stumbo (D)************Exploratory Phase — No 3rdQ Filing*****************
    Louisiana
    LANDRIEU (D)  561,307  857,300  307,424 229,337  0 3,357,344
    Kennedy (R)^  CoH as of 6/30: 125
    Maine
    COLLINS (R)  621,022 1,039,412  241,876 366,509  0 3,104,891
    Allen (D)  542,053  666,096  267,069  85,829  0 2,112,801
    Massachusetts
    KERRY (D)**  220,684 2,233,861 3,716,055  68,250  402 9,828,268
    O’Reilly (D)  15,575  15,575  7,826  0 33,152  18,231
    Beatty (R)************Exploratory Phase — No 3rdQ Filing*****************
    Michigan
    LEVIN (D)  709,748  871,650  350,182 141,185  0 3,366,489
    Raczkowski (R)^  50,138  50,138  46,422  0 58,344  8,291
    Minnesota
    COLEMAN (R)  1,253,007 1,707,157  696,881 301,336  0 4,980,467
    Franken (D)  1,859,390 1,909,055 1,388,017  21,150  182,000  2,445,787
    Ciresi (D)  307,700  311,803  306,432  100  0 607,915
    Cohen (D)*********************Not Available*******************************
    Franson (D)  100 7,086  6,618  0   0   630
    Mississippi
    COCHRAN (R)  14,124  46,386  61,372  29,500  0 1,083,772
    Montana
    BAUCUS (D)  906,484 1,365,013  316,612 415,750  0 5,364,975
    Lange (R)*********************Not Available*******************************
    Bushman (R)***************Filed candidacy after 9/30/07*******************
    Nebraska
    Bruning (R)  211,854  222,506  82,424  4,150  0 782,414
    Flynn (R)  35,421   46,514  32,245  0 10,500  13,680
    Johanns (R)***************Filed candidacy after 9/30/07*******************
    Kerrey (D)^  CoH as of 6/30: 342,086
    Kleeb (D)*^  16,135  17,448  6,842  0   0   78,642
    New Hampshire
    SUNUNU (R)  522,196  713,212  80,933 178,559  0 2,728,872
    Shaheen (D)  93,993  187,888  9,522  93,895  0 178,366
    Buckey (D)  31,100   49,100  36,451  0 18,000  27,178
    New Jersey
    LAUTENBERG (D)  682,045  908,547  179,450 162,000 2,090,000  3,620,175
    Estabrook (R)*********Exploratory Phase — No 3rdQ Filing*****************
    Pennacchio (R)********Exploratory Phase — No 3rdQ Filing*****************
    New Mexico
    Wilson (R)*  159,696  247,302  83,838  79,763  0 755,609
    Pearce (R)*^  203,021  255,180  52,040  48,000  0 582,312
    Rich’son (D)*^  5,187,577 5,358,585 6,637,396  71,675  75,222  5,821,588
    Wiviott (D)  130,034  130,294  163,634  50 426,968  371,712
    Madrid (D)*^  0 10,776  4,497  0 10,330  2,266
    North Carolina
    DOLE (R)  827,369 1,118,423  556,060 179,389  72,021  2,302,593
    Oklahoma
    INHOFE (R)  346,059  549,154  291,263 186,363  0 1,653,439
    Rice (D)  304,656   311,103  50,960  6,250  0 260,143
    Oregon
    SMITH (R)  529,028  829,353  282,633 251,430  188,894  4,039,346
    Novick (D)  124,872  125,373  83,788  500  0 218,580
    Merkley (D)  247,495  294,345  81,314  46,850  0 211,281
    Frohnmayer (I)************Filed candidacy after 9/30/07*******************
    Rhode Island
    REED (D)  313,422   520,539  111,180 190,366  0 2,771,898
    South Carolina
    GRAHAM (R)  249,341  472,272  204,822 148,050  0 4,223,909
    South Dakota
    JOHNSON (D)  257,245  454,222  150,821 153,300  0 2,043,483
    Herseth (D)*^  47,094  117,532  37,659  67,500  0 500,219
    Dykstra (R)  81,873  81,873  44,482  0   0   37,391
    Kephart (R)  8,700   8,800  8,448  0   0   352
    Tennessee
    ALEXANDER (R)  401,592  674,562  238,132 260,800  0 1,476,622
    McWherter (D)*********Exploratory Phase — No 3rdQ Filing*****************
    Texas
    CORNYN (R)  1,269,081 1,846,922  512,899 379,300  109,504  6,609,801
    Watts (D)  442,676 4,260,168  825,087  0 5,594,668  8,304,414
    Noriega (D)  508,172  580,722  69,813  22,550  50,000  510,314
    Virginia
    Goodlatte (R)*^  7,195  51,672  54,801  16,650  0 1,382,921
    Davis (R)*^  120,901  222,745  203,300  97,944  0 1,049,450
    Cantor (R)*^  136,078  338,960  269,049 191,750  0 711,622
    Forbes (R)*^  24,329  56,260  65,672  28,800  0 356,968
    Goode (R)*^  30,295  56,109  19,222  22,700  0 351,757
    Drake (R)*^  80,735  197,585  89,872 116,850  0 324,423
    Wolf (R)*^  52,614   80,550  32,273  26,000  0 230,278
    Gilmore (R)*^  1,100  6,101  49,663  0 147,048  18,203
    Warner (D)  1,033,481 1,109,081  92,055  71,000  0 1,017,026
    West Virginia
    ROCKEFELLER (D)  458,685  714,083  201,493 209,112  0 3,183,267
    Wyoming “A”
    ENZI (R)  7,525 140,678  72,423 114,000  0 458,081
    Wyoming “B”
    BARRASSO (R)  252,370  653,441  53,111 396,071  0 599,329
      ^=Potential candidate
      *=House or WH account
      **=Combined from mult. accounts

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