Democrat Mark Begich had an impressive July:
Support for the Mark Begich for U.S. Senate campaign continues to be strong across Alaska with Begich raising more than $400,000 in the five weeks between July 1 and August 6. In the report being sent to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) today, the Begich campaign brought in $412,549.02. […]
In the Pre-Primary reporting period that ran from July 1 to August 6, a total of 1,526 people donated to the Begich campaign. Of those donors nearly 1,200 gave $100 or less.
Begich has raised over $1.7 million since forming his exploratory committee at the end of February, and has $462K on-hand. That CoH number may seem low-ish for a Senate candidate, but bear in mind that Alaska’s media market is dirt cheap — it only costs around $70K for a week’s worth of decent TV advertising. Begich is on pace to raise all he needs to stay up on he air this fall.
Also, a special kudos to the Mark Begich campaign for posting their FEC report on their website. I wish more Senate campaigns would follow Begich’s example.
SSP currently rates this race as Lean Democratic.
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