Arpaio far ahead of challengers in campaign funds

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is leading campaign fundraising efforts by a large margin over challengers vying for his office in November, and a recent analysis of contributions shows that the incumbent lawman received about 80 percent of his funds from out-of-state donors.

The Arizona Republic reports that the five-term Republican sheriff raised more than $140,000 from Arizona donors and reaped more than $800,000 from out-of-state contributors from Jan. 1 through May 31.

Arpaio's campaign had $3.4 million on hand at the end of that period, while his challengers had much smaller amounts.

... California provided Arpaio's largest out-of-state base of support, followed by Texas and Florida. That support is in large part the result of the sheriff's role as a national figure in the immigration-enforcement movement.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/arpaio-far-ahead-of-challengers-in-campaign-funds/article_83844f1e-cec9-11e1-a677-0019bb2963f4.html

[Laurian]

1. Lots of haters out there giving that old fool their money.

I wonder what they think they'll get for their investment.

[lunasun]

2. And here I thought all the Haters were sending it all to Zimmerman right now

This old asshole has so many hate fans all around the place and that is sad for this country

[Grassy Knoll]

3. Fly's love shit, and politics in AZ is the biggest pile. n/t

[radhika]

4. Arpaio is not an anomalie. He is the very essence of Right Wing AZ n/t

[SkatmanRoth]

5. Arpaio is one of the best Republicans money can buy

[nanabugg]

6. This is why the US has the worst democracy money can buy!!!

We would be going crazy is Al-queda were funding elections in any country in the world and to me, this is no different. Paying of national terrorism is no different from paying for international terrorism.