According to the official filing on the Secretary of State’s website, State House Candidate Jovan Melton raised a whopping $11,796 this quarter.
Opponent Terry Todd filed his official report on May 4th showing only $2,395 for the same period.
To put it in perspective, the Melton campaign has rasied more in the last thirteen weeks than the Todd campaign has since they entered the race over a year ago.
This primary will be over soon, one way or another, but after losing to Melton at the District Assembly and coming in way behind for the second reporting period in a row (Todd has raised only $2,670 since Jan 1st, compared with Melton’s $14,000+), one has to wonder how much longer Todd will stay in the race and continue to distract from his wife’s State Senate campaign.
Fundraising timeline and graphs after the jump…
{Note: I am supporting Melton’s campaign for the State House as the co-chair of his campaign committee, but am not being paid or otherwise compensated to do so.}
HD-41 Candidate Fundraising by Reporting Period
Note: Melton’s Campaign Committee was registered on Nov. 11, 2011. He has out-raised his opponent, Terry Todd, in every reporting period since then.
Source:http://tracer.sos.colorado.gov
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At some point you have to lose your advantage even among insiders as “next in line” when you manage to embarrass yourself this much.
who put their communities first. I don’t think either should be “embarrassed” by anything. I feel honored to know them both.
Agreement.
Melton is my personal favorite, but no one was going to die of being represented by Todd.
Best of luck to both with this and the next endeavor.
since it is not my district and I think they’re both terrific candidates. Jovan is charming, well-connected, determined, intelligent, and well-liked all over the state. I think the world of him. The fact that he is young and a person of color is very refreshing, IMHO. We need more diversity in representation in Aurora.
Terry Todd is also well-qualified for the job. Terry worked many years in the public school system and is wise and well-respected. He has had the daily opportunity to debate and discuss state politics with his wife, Rep. Nancy Todd, so he’s well-versed and up-to-date on all kinds of important state issues. Terry is a pillar in the community who has strong roots in the neighborhood where he is running.
There is no wrong vote on this one. I don’t envy anyone who has to choose between them.
Being his wife’s husband no more qualifies him to be a legislator than any other person who is married to a professional is qualified to do their spouse’s job. And at the debates, he has failed to demonstrate a thorough knowledge and grasp of public policy and current issues. At the first debate, he couldn’t remember what Ref C was and at the second, he couldn’t remember the 3 major departments funded by the state budget, which he, himself, called a “Rick Perry moment”. He never gives definitive answers about fracking, tabor, or anything else that he is asked about and he has yet to outline a single policy that he will advance as a legislator.
I respect Terry Todd. He has been a civil servant most of his life and he supported a number of community initiatives with his time and money. He should be respected for that. But the fact that I respect someone does not mean I would want them writing the laws of my state. Elections can’t be about who we like best as a person. They have to be about who will best represent and advocate for the best interest of the people.
And that’s why I chose to drop out and why I chose to support Jovan.
I don’t understand this though:
People usually consider Civil Servants to be those who work for the federal government. Teachers almost always work for local government (or quasi-government) community school boards.
It matters not which level of government issues said paycheck.
But when you combine ability to raise money, banks of endorsements from current and former legislators and support from the party base (in the form of 61% victory at assembly), Melton has won in every objective measure there is to judge a candidate by. The subjective is up to each individual. But again, most people who are showing their preference with either money or votes have chosen Melton. So apparently, more people think Melton would be a better legislator than Todd. Whether they are right or not is a seperate question.