The momentum continues to build for Democrat Darcy Burner in her race against Republican incumbent Dave Reichert in Washington State’s 8th Congressional District, as she announced today that she raised $516,740 between January and March, a total that likely places among the top five challengers nationwide, and first in the Western states.
“Our record-setting fundraising demonstrates that voters in the 8th District are hungry for more effective representation in tackling the growing list of problems we face as a country, from the endless and costly war in Iraq, to our faltering economy, to the skyrocketing cost of health care,” Burner said. “Our message is already resonating, and this fall we will have the resources we need to make our case for positive change to the voting public.”
This new filing will bring Burner’s totals to $1,374,866 raised over the election cycle, with $921,615 cash on hand. Since declaring her candidacy, Burner has outraised Reichert in three consecutive quarters… and I’m guessing this will make a fourth. And when you dig into the numbers there’s even more bad news for Reichert:
The vast bulk of Burner’s fundraising has come from individuals rather than PACs or political party committees – about $456,500 this quarter, or more than 88 percent of the total raised. Burner received 4,859 contributions from 4,416 individuals in the first quarter. Burner has received 11,615 contributions from 8,817 donors who have given over the course of the current campaign.
That’s only an average of about $156 per donor, leaving Burner plenty of opportunity to reach out to her astoundingly large donor base for more contributions, whereas Reichert has thus far relied on large donations and PAC money to even come close to keeping pace. Ain’t much upside from a double-max donation.
Can’t wait to see Reichert’s numbers.
and yet i have to see ann coulter ads on this site now :(
I know I told you that you needed to “monetize” your site better, Goldy. But that add for signing up for Ann Coulter’s newsletter is making me physically ill. Any chance you can replace it, or is it a rotating ad you can’t de-select?
It’s Google adsense. They feed what they feed. But I’ll trying to join some more respectable ad networks, and hope I get better ads.
But will a more respectable ad network take you?
“Our record-setting fundraising demonstrates that voters in the 8th District are hungry for more effective representation in tackling the growing list of problems we face as a country”
Curious to know how many of the individual donars are from the 8th….
Right Stuff slobbers:
Whereas I’m curious to know how many of Sheriff Hairspray’s PAC contributors are from the 8th. And whether he has any 8th CD individual contributors who haven’t already maxed out.
Right Stuff @ 5 – Hmmm… I wonder how much of that huge Karl Rove money dump for Reichert in 2006 came from the 8th?
i have to see ann coulter ads on this site