Politics from the Palouse to Puget Sound

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Breaking: Rossi Outraises Murray Last Month

Breaking news from the Associated Press:
Republican Dino Rossi raised nearly double the amount of money that Democratic Sen. Patty Murray did last month, but he still has less in the bank in his effort to oust the three-term incumbent.

New campaign finance reports released by his campaign Thursday afternoon show Rossi raised $573,672 last month, compared to the $293,486 raised by Murray during the same period.

Murray, who is seeking a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, spent about $3.9 million last month, most of it for advertising. Rossi spent about $152,000 in July.

Rossi has about $1.8 million in the bank, compared to Murray's $3.2 million.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to travel to Washington to raise money for Murray on Aug. 17, which is primary election day.

Rossi raised more than $517,000 in individual contributions, and brought in an additional 56,500 through political committees. Murray had only $265,000 in individual donations, and another $37,000 from political committees.

It's probably worth pointing out again that Rossi raised almost as much in one month as his Republican opponents Clint Didier and Paul Akers have during the entire campaign.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

paul is not asking for people's money

Paul E. Zimmerman said...

Hrm... Murray spent nearly $4 million last month on campaigning, but I cannot remember seeing a single yard sign of hers, no print ads, and nothing on the radio. She's spending it all on the west side, isn't she?