Webb Campaign Appears Undaunted by Fundraising Gap

[Judi Lynn]

Webb Campaign Appears Undaunted by Fundraising Gap

By Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 15, 2006; Page B02

RICHMOND, July 14 -- The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Virginia raised just under a half-million dollars in the two weeks after the June 13 primary but still trails Republican incumbent George Allen in the hunt for campaign cash, according to finance reports released Friday.

The filings with the Federal Election Commission show that James Webb has $424,000 in the bank as he enters what is likely to be a bruising battle against the better-known Allen leading up to the Nov. 7 general election.

Allen, a former governor who has been stockpiling money for a possible presidential bid in 2008, reports having $6.6 million in the bank, even though he spent $1.7 million from May 25 to June 30 on a television advertising campaign and other expenses.

Officials with the Webb campaign, which was broke the day after the primary, dismissed the gap, saying they have just started raising the millions of dollars they plan to spend.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/14/AR2006071401545.html

[monarch]

1. and Santorum has raised $20 million.

Hope all of their contributors are just wasting their money.

[ps1074]

2. this can't be true

Santorum raising 20 mil? You have a source?

[monarch]

3. I've seen it several places on liberal blogs.

This wasn't where I found but it was the first one that turned up on Google. http://santorumblog.com/

[Penndems]

4. Here's a link:

www.keystonepolitics.com

Santorum fundraising is the second post on the blog site.