OH-05, VA-01: NRCC Spends More Cash

The latest filings, fresh from the FEC:

NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE

  1. Opposes Candidate: ROBIN WEIRAUCH FOR CONGRESS

       Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05

       Payee: FLS CONNECT LLC

       Date Expended = 12/04/2007      Amount Expended = $2363.55

       Purpose: Phone Banks

  2. Opposes Candidate: ROBIN WEIRAUCH FOR CONGRESS

       Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05

       Payee: STEVENS REED CURCIO & POTHOLM

       Date Expended = 12/04/2007      Amount Expended = $33335.00

       Purpose: Issue Ad Placement

  3. Opposes Candidate: FORGIT FOR CONGRESS

       Office Sought: House of Representatives, Virginia District 01

       Payee: THE HOPPER COMPANY

       Date Expended = 12/04/2007      Amount Expended = $13578.00

       Purpose: Mailing Service

  4. Opposes Candidate: FORGIT FOR CONGRESS

       Office Sought: House of Representatives, Virginia District 01

       Payee: THE HOPPER COMPANY

       Date Expended = 12/04/2007      Amount Expended = $13578.00

       Purpose: Mailing Service

Time to crunch some numbers.  The new expenditures in OH-05 bring the NRCC’s current tab to $324,746.  A mighty large sum for an organization without much cash to spare, especially on an R+10 district.  I would expect more money to pour into this race in the days ahead.

The anti-Forgit mailers come on top of $39,000 in phone banking and other expenses that the NRCC filed late last week.  With the latest figures in, the NRCC has spent just over $78,000 on the race.  With only a month to make his case to voters in the conservative 1st district of Virginia, Democrat Phil Forgit wasn’t supposed to have much of a chance here.  Still, the NRCC shelled out $10K to conduct a poll here, and perhaps the results inspired them to provide a boost for Rob Wittman.

For an organization still carrying more debt than its current financial, the spending of $400,000 on a pair of crimson red districts in an off-year special election won’t spread any Christmas cheer in their offices, regardless of the outcome of these races.

13 thoughts on “OH-05, VA-01: NRCC Spends More Cash”

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  2. “For an organization still carrying more debt than its current financial, the spending of $400,000 on a pair of crimson red districts in an off-year special election won’t spread any Christmas cheer in their offices, regardless of the outcome of these races.”

    If the Republicans win, it will be a Pyhrric victory. If they lose, it will be devastating.  

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