(Bumped. – promoted by James L.)
UPDATE: I just added new numbers for John Doolittle and Charlie Brown in CA-04. It was a pleasant surprise to see Brown pull in nearly $89,000 during the first quarter–a number made more impressive when you stack it against the totals raised by other rematch-seekers (Eric Massa, Darcy Burner, Mary Jo Kilroy, Larry Kissell, et cetera). I also added Ric Keller (FL-08), whose $27K report shouldn’t chase off a strong challenger from emerging to this underperforming incumbent. More new names: Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Blumenauer & DeFazio (OR-03 & OR-04), Hayes & Kissell (NC-08), and John McHugh (NY-23).
Now that the two week deadline for House and Senate campaigns to file their first quarter fundraising reports has passed, let’s round up all reports that we’ve logged here, here, here, and here–and add a whole bunch more for good measure.
First, a few Senate numbers:
| District | Candidate | Party | 1Q Raised | Cash-on-Hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO-Sen | Mark Udall* | D | $324K | $1.54m |
| LA-Sen | Mary Landrieu | D-inc. | $1.02m | $1.8m |
| ME-Sen | Tom Allen* | D | $393K | $812K |
| MN-Sen | Norm Coleman | R-inc. | $1.5m | $2.8m |
| MN-Sen | Al Franken | D | $1.35m | $1.1m |
| MT-Sen | Max Baucus | D-inc. | $1.1m | $2.9m |
| NC-Sen | Elizabeth Dole | R-inc. | $1.7m | $1.5m |
| NH-Sen | Steve Marchand | D | $100k | (n/a) |
| NH-Sen | Katrina Swett | D | $462K | $443K |
| VA-Sen | John Warner | R-inc. | $500 | $667K |
(*Denotes numbers filed for House campaign accounts, which will be transferred over to their soon to be formed Senate accounts.)
It’s great to see Tom Allen nearly doubling his war chest during the first three months of the year, and it’s even better to know what Mark Udall’s $1.5 million must be doing to the psyche of his Republican competition in Colorado.
Next up, we have lotsa noteworthy new numbers from House incumbents and challengers (but mostly incumbents). All of these figures were taken from FEC’s E-Filing Report Retrieval page:
| District | Candidate | Party | 1Q Raised | Cash-on-Hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ-01 | Rick Renzi | R-inc. | $118K | $81K |
| AZ-05 | Harry Mitchell | D-inc. | $235K | $223K |
| AZ-08 | Gabby Giffords | D-inc. | $320K | $415K |
| CA-04 | John Doolittle | R-inc. | $128K | $91K |
| CA-04 | Charlie Brown | D | $89K | $136K |
| CA-11 | Jerry McNerney | D-inc. | $347K | $297K |
| CA-11 | Richard Pombo | R | -$825 | $35K |
| CO-04 | Marilyn Musgrave | R-inc. | $247K | $268K |
| CT-02 | Joe Courtney | D-inc. | $307K | $287K |
| CT-05 | Chris Murphy | D-inc. | $420K | $448K |
| DE-AL | Mike Castle | R-inc. | $96K | $1.21m |
| FL-08 | Ric Keller | R-inc. | $27K | $153K |
| FL-10 | Bill “C.W.” Young | R-inc. | $15K | $434K |
| FL-13 | Vernon Buchanan | R-inc. | $462K | $280K |
| FL-13 | Christine Jennings | D | $236K | $49K |
| FL-16 | Tim Mahoney | D-inc. | $458K | $439K |
| FL-22 | Ron Klein | D-inc. | $611K | $533K |
| GA-08 | Jim Marshall | D-inc. | $125K | $353K |
| GA-12 | John Barrow | D-inc. | $252K | $506K |
| IA-04 | Tom Latham | R-inc. | $143K | $215K |
| IA-05 | Steve King | R-inc. | $16K | $21K |
| ID-01 | Bill Sali | R-inc. | $87K | $70K |
| IN-02 | Joe Donnelly | D-inc. | $342K | $264K |
| IN-08 | Brad Ellsworth | D-inc. | $228K | $216K |
| KS-02 | Nancy Boyda | D-inc. | $137K | $171K |
| KS-02 | Jim Ryun | R | $171K | $256K |
| KY-03 | John Yarmuth | D-inc. | $304K | $293K |
| LA-06 | Richard Baker | R-inc. | $94K | $66K |
| MI-07 | Tim Walberg | R-inc. | $136K | $160K |
| MI-09 | Joe Knollenberg | R-inc. | $262K | $280K |
| MN-01 | Tim Walz | D-inc. | $187K | $156K |
| MN-06 | Michelle Bachmann | R-inc. | $259K | $200K |
| MT-AL | Denny Rehberg | R-inc. | $76K | $300K |
| NC-08 | Robin Hayes | R-inc. | $150K | $176K |
| NC-08 | Larry Kissell | D | $12K | $469 |
| NH-01 | Carol Shea-Porter | D-inc. | $107K | $128K |
| NH-01 | Jeb Bradley | R-inc. | $7K | $64K |
| NH-02 | Paul Hodes | D-inc. | $248K | $203K |
| NM-01 | Heather Wilson | R-inc. | $274K | $250K |
| NM-02 | Steve Pearce | R-inc. | $114K | $196K |
| NM-03 | Tom Udall | D-inc. | $1,600 | $713K |
| NV-03 | Jon Porter | R-inc. | $234K | $235K |
| NY-13 | Vito Fossella | R-inc. | $133K | $83K |
| NY-19 | John Hall | D-inc. | $341K | $342K |
| NY-20 | Kirsten Gillibrand | D-inc. | $668K | $552K |
| NY-23 | John McHugh | R-inc. | $51K | $111K |
| NY-25 | Jim Walsh | R-inc. | $105K | $132K |
| NY-26 | Tom Reynolds | R-inc. | $238K | $356K |
| NY-29 | Randy Kuhl | R-inc. | $93K | $104K |
| NY-29 | Eric Massa | D | $7K | $2K |
| OH-02 | Jean Schmidt | R-inc. | $20K | $17K |
| OH-15 | Deborah Pryce | R-inc. | $167K | $171K |
| OH-15 | Mary Jo Kilroy | D | $23K | $36K |
| OH-16 | Ralph Regula | R-inc. | $1,560 | $91K |
| OH-18 | Zack Space | D-inc. | $213K | $180K |
| OR-03 | Earl Blumenauer | D-inc. | $92K | $405K |
| OR-04 | Peter DeFazio | D-inc. | $24K | $106K |
| PA-04 | Jason Altmire | D-inc. | $225K | $225K |
| PA-06 | Jim Gerlach | R-inc. | $213K | $107K |
| PA-07 | Joe Sestak | D-inc. | $444K | $587K |
| PA-08 | Patrick Murphy | D-inc. | $340K | $301K |
| PA-10 | Chris Carney | D-inc. | $248K | $210K |
| PA-15 | Charlie Dent | R-inc. | $181K | $221K |
| TX-22 | Nick Lampson | D-inc. | $219K | $261K |
| TX-23 | Ciro Rodriguez | D-inc. | $221K | $356K |
| VA-02 | Thelma Drake | R-inc. | $227K | $190K |
| VA-11 | Tom Davis | R-inc. | $623K | $833K |
| WA-08 | Dave Reichert | R-inc. | $185K | $48K |
| WA-08 | Darcy Burner | D | $17K | $38K |
| WI-08 | Steve Kagen | D-inc. | $155K | $167K |
| WY-AL | Barbara Cubin | R-inc. | $18K | $9K |
A few quick thoughts:
1) Kirsten Gillibrand has been working overtime to deter any strong Republican opposition from forming against her in New York’s 20th district. Her $668,000 raised is simply awe-inspiring. I haven’t gone through each individual filing, but I bet that, aside from members of the House leadership, she made the largest fundraising splash of 2007.
2) Don’t miss Flordia Republican Bill Young’s measley $15,000 raised. Despite Florida Democrats pouring on the heat over his inaction during the Walter Reed scandal and the DCCC actively recruiting potential challengers in the district, Young, who will be 78 on election day, vowed that he would not bend to what he called a “smear campaign” against him. At that level of fundraising, he sure isn’t preparing for much of a brawl.
3) Tim Walberg’s underwhelming total of $136K certainly won’t deter a top-shelf candidate from giving this Club For Growth stooge a hard challenge next year. MI-07 and FL-10 have got to be in the top five Democratic House targets this cycle.
Anything we missed?
Franken finalized his numbers at $1.35M raised, $1.1M CoH
Looks like Reps. Regula and Young are either retiring are heading towards the ignominious fate of Phil Crane.
Does anyone know how much Rep Robin Hayes and Larry Kissell raised?
Areas of concern are the numbers from GA-08 and KS-02. A tough GOP challenge = a presidential year + NRCC target + a state trending towards the GOP = a tough fight for Rep. Jim Marshall. I hope Boyda doesn’t sit back, and wait for a Republican fratricide akin to the biennial one in KS-03 to save her seat.
NC-11 D-inc Shuler no word yet
NC-08 R-inc Hayes has just under 176,000 on hand with $23,000 in debts
NC-08 D Kissell has $468 on hand and still has $51495 in debts
Esch (NE-02) and Kleeb (NE-03) didn’t raise any money this quarter – I think they’re both kind of in a holding pattern to see if they will run. I hope that they both do.
NE-01: Jeff Fortenberry; $121K raised, $118K COH.
NE-02: Lee Terry; $148K raised, $215K COH.
NE-03: Adrian Smith; $99K raised, $94K COH.
Off hand, it seems the weakest term Dem house incumbents are:
Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01) Raised 107K; COH 128K
Tim Walz (MN-01) Raised 187K; COH 156K
Nancy Boyda (KS-02) Raised 137K; COH 171K
Overall, these are very impressive numbers for freshmen house members.
What is with Udall only raising $1600? I know he has over 700k COH, but it still seems wierd.
Schmidt only raised $20K, which is not so very much, and it turns out Wulsin is running again.
And the Admiral sure raised a bundle.
Only has 21,000 on hand? Boy, I guess he must not be wanting to face Harkin with that total. Latham might be gearing up for a shot at Harkin though, but he could have a tougher then expected re-election to the House as well.
I found 2 incumbents with shockingly low returns and MAY be signaling retirements this year
Republican Ralph Hall – TX-4
$2,050 raised
$5,702 COH
$10,000 debts
re-elected 65-33
Democrat Soloman Ortiz – TX-27
$13,000 raised
$19,612 COH
$0 debts
re-elected 57-39
TX-4 has a PVI of R+17. The only “redder” district held by a democrat is Chet Edwards in TX-17. Invumbent Hall is 83 years old today.
TX-27 is R+1 but heavily hispanic. It was also re-redistricted in 2006 so Ortiz had to appeal to some new members in the district. Incumbent Ortiz is 69 years old today.
I don’t see numbers for Ron Paul’s Presidential account but his house coffers are very low for the time being ($3,190 raised, $145,232 COH, no debts). I would not be surprised if he dropped out as time went on. PVI is R+14. Paul is 71 years old today.
Although Doolittle has cash on hand of $91,000, he also has debts of $172,490. As the Sacramento Bee puts it, this leaves Brown “with a $203,000 cash advantage over Doolittle.”
That’s not promising.
Shea-Porter and Boyda’s numbers are concerning. Im less worried about Shea-Porter as she is in a district that leans Democratic and Boyda is in a fairly Republican one. The DCCC will have to step in to bail them out if they don’t get cracking.
The thing missing is debt. Vito Fossella (NY-13 by the way, not 11) may have $82k cash on hand but also has $173k in debt left over. Although Harrison didn’t get as close to him in the polls as we would have hoped, he at least completely drained his warchest and then some. The NY-13 blog points out that he was over $100k in the black at this point in the last two cycles. So while the fundraising numbers are good, you have to include their debt along with the CoH to get the full picture of their current state.
Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito (WV-02) had a lackluster quarter–hardly inspiring for a rumored Senate run against Rockefeller.
Q1 Raised: $35K, COH: $135K
She’s seen no immediate payoff in her return to the House Committee on Financial Services. West Virginia Blue has the historical perspective as well as #’s for the Democratic Party incumbents rounding out the WV house delegation.
Capito was the number one recipient of Tom Delay funds. She’s relied heavily on the K-Street and the Republican party machine. Can she develop an independent fund-raising base now? With the GOP party not so popular, they can only afford to protect but so many weak incumbents.
I’ve seen a lot of concern about Carol Shea-Porter’s fundraising numbers, but I think we have to look at them in the context of Jeb Bradley’s pathetic $7K. Is he not even trying, or are donors not willing to waste their money?