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Democrat Conor Lamb outraised his GOP opponent in this months special congressional election in Western Pennsylvania by a nearly five-to-one margin over the first seven weeks of the year, according to new campaign finance filings Thursday night.
Republican state Rep. Rick Saccones poor fundraising he raised just $703,000 from January 1 through February 21, compared to Lambs $3.3 million haul has forced Republican outside groups to spend valuable dollars to drag Saccone across the finish line in a district President Donald Trump carried by nearly 20 percentage points.
Saccone spent $600,000 in the fundraising period and had only $303,000 in cash on hand as of February 21.
Saccones fundraising and spending paled in comparison to Lambs. Over the first seven weeks of 2018, Lambs campaign raised more than $3.3 million and spent over $2.9 million. The Democrats campaign had $837,000 in the bank as of February 21.
Republican outside groups have come to Saccones rescue, spending $9.1 million in the race thus far to boost the GOP nominee in the March 13 election. Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC with close ties to House Speaker Paul Ryan, has spent more than $3 million, and the National Republican Congressional Committee has shelled out $2.9 million.
In a sign of the self-perceived stakes for the White House, political outside groups close to Trump have also spent millions to back Saccone. America First Action has spent $1.1 million, and the Republican National Committee has spent a little more than $1 million.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/01/pennsylvania-special-election-fundraising-lamb-saccone-433530
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Lady_Chat
(561 posts)That would drive Trump up a wall.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)Nunes's opponent Janz has been getting a lot of money but the red area constituents mostly care about water and immigrants in this rural, farming section of CA. Most of them have not heard of Russia much and consider CNN "fake news".
LBM20
(1,580 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,218 posts)That is our district...we have been donating and distributing signs. My husband will be making calls tomorrow...we desperately need this!
vercetti2021
(10,150 posts)Personally no, I thought that was when Doug Jones won in Alabama. But Lamb winning will so sweet...come on PA, don't let us down!
Wounded Bear
(58,437 posts)spinbaby
(15,073 posts)From what I can tell, hes spending it all on glossy junk mail. And every time I get Saccone junk mail, I donate to Lamb.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)except it points to the fact that Pennsylvania voters don't support his efforts which will reflect in the final vote we all hope