In the pivotal swing county of Jefferson County, Republicans running in competetive legislative races demonstrated superior fundraising compared to their Democrat opponents in the most recent fundraising period.
Reports filed with the Secretary of State's office show candidates Amy Attwood, Rick Enstrom, Ken Summers and Lang Sias crushing their rivals when it comes to campaign cash.
Seeing that in tight races Tim Gill's money will fund massive ad buys these candidates’ dollars aren't going to win or lose races, but they do provide an important benchmark of the level of excitement and energy present among party donors. In the county that will be targeted from the top of the ticket on down to legislative races, Republicans are running up the score on fundraising.
Considering JeffCo voted against the Prop 103 $3 billion tax hike at a rate of 2-1, supported by Evie Hudak, it's looking like the swing county West of Denver is looking less-and-less likely to be a good place for Democrats in 2012.
In HD28, Attwood has raised $27,460 compared to $13,245 for her competitor, community organizer Brittany Pettersen. Attwood has $22,765 on hand to Pettersen's $10,021.
In HD23, Enstrom raised $28,462, all of it in the most recent period. His opponent, incumbent Rep. Max "Children Are Like Maggots" Tyler (D-Golden) raised a pitiful $2,380 for the period, and has less than $18,000 on hand. Enstrom has $28,000 on hand.
In SD22, Rep. Ken Summers (R-Lakewood) raised $7,680 since the end of January, and has over $60,000 on hand. Rep. Andy (D-Lakewood) raised $16,100 for the period, but has less than $30,000 on hand, giving Summers a nearly 2:1 advantage.
In SD19, Top Gun instructor Lang Sias raised $23,679 compared to incumbent Sen. Evie Hudak (D-Westminster), who raised $11,498. Hudak holds a substantial cash on hand advantage, with $52,784 to Sias's $21,641, but Hudak has also been able to raise funds since 2008, whereas Sias only joined the race in January.
Now that the legislative session is over, the lobbyist cash spigot will be turned on at full force. What is interesting is how much better Republicans were doing in fundraising while lobbyists were barred by law from donating — though that didn’t stop Diane Primavera and Anne McGihon.
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Things are tough in Jeffco for Dems. Why do you think Dems were so hot to make sure they broke it up as much as possible in redistricting. Polis, Ed and DeGette all have Jeffco in their districts. Not one of them would have a chance in hell of winning countywide in Jeffco.
That is because republicans have multi-billion dollar entities
in their back pockets. Those C.E.O.’s are going to fill the GOP coffers and Republican politicians private pockets
to buy the vote that saves their private bottom line.
I know you’d rather that the special session wasn’t happening, but you aren’t really going to act like it, are you?
the legislators have been tripping over themselves to ask for $ from lobbyists since yesterday. They can collect until 11:59 on Sunday. Since the special session can, in theory, last indefinitely there’s been a mad dash to get lobbyist dollars/hold fundraisers. FYI
But Peak is ignoring that as well. Maybe they don’t mean to. I’m growing more and more convinced over time that the authors are just sloppy here.
the spigots did just open, at a higher volume than usual. Not really sure why SS wasn’t covered. On an aside, Summers is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of that. Everyone from MMJ lobbyists, to gun lobbyists, to business interests like him (though you could lump MMJ into biz interests! haha).
I have gotten so used to commenting against the simpletons
on a Rush Limbaugh thread that I feel compelled to answer,
that I have failed to take into consideration that there
may be Conservative based sites where those who post are considerably better informed than Rush or his average fan base
and whose opposing commentators are able to discuss with intelligence the details of process and individuals in their opposing party or partisan ideologies.
I shall be here “reading” rather than posting until I
understand the atmosphere here.
I beg your indulgence and your pardon