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April 15, 2008 09:50 PM UTC

Colorado Campaign Finance Reports: Q1 2008

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  • by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: The reports are finally complete, now that reports for Bob Schaffer and Steve Ward have appeared on the FEC website. The big news here is that Schaffer raised less than half what Democrat Mark Udall brought in for Q1. Also of note is that Ward has nearly as much COH as Ted Harvey despite one less quarter raising money.

We thought we’d start keeping a roundup of campaign finance reports in relevant races for the quarter as they become available, rather than reporting them in individual posts. This post will be updated frequently. Click below for the reports.

COLORADO CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTS

Q1, 2008

Colorado Democratic Party

$99,450 COH (through February 2008)

Colorado Republican Party

$116,400 COH (through February 2008)

[$360,173 in debt]

U.S. Senate

  • Mark Udall (D): $1.45 million ($4,236,532 COH)

  • Bob Schaffer (R): $628,224 ($2,161,399 COH)

    CO-2

  • Joan Fitz-Gerald (D): $257,343 ($574,592 COH)

  • Will Shafroth (D): $279,810 ($682,091 COH)

  • Jared Polis (D): $558,251 – includes $400,000 personal contribution ($322,139 COH)

    CO-4

  • Marilyn Musgrave (R): $355,504 ($1,014,007 COH)

  • Betsy Markey (D): $226,641 ($376,372 COH)

    CO-5

  • Jeff Crank (R): $84,390 ($130,652 COH)

  • Doug Lamborn (R): $76,319 ($179,411 COH)

  • Bentley Rayburn (R): $54,150 ($112,655 COH)

  • Hal Bidlack (D): $5,381 ($4,132 COH)

    CO-6

  • Mike Coffman (R): $244,239 ($323,897 COH)

  • Wil Armstrong (R): $226,815 ($283,006 COH)

  • Ted Harvey (R): $42,418 ($21,872 COH)

  • Steve Ward (R): $37,886 ($20,302 COH)

  • Hank Eng (D): $12,685 ($12,755 COH)


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    104 thoughts on “Colorado Campaign Finance Reports: Q1 2008”

        1. She’s in nice shape w/ cash on hand but how do her numbers compare to where she was at this time in 2006? Better? Worse? About the same?

              1. I agree but one thing Jay did that helped other dems is made the R’s spend money to protect the seat. The put money into TV and Dick even came in to help out Doug.  Also CFG had to spend money on ads where they could have put elsewhere.  

                1. However, I have a hard time seeing that senario repeating itself as of now…only because the R side has been relatively calm.  It depends on how much the eventual nominee employs slash and burn tactics.

                  1. Hal is a great guy who I met just the other day but his team is not nearly as strong as what Fawcett put together.  This manager is some guy named Roger Ratcliff and was an odd bird when I met him.

                    Unless it becomes a total blood bath, the R’s will not rally behind the Dem’s like they did last cycle.  

                      1. Well He has the same profile as Fawcett and it did not work last time.  There are just to many R’s who will vote R for the Congress race. I mean Ken S won El Paso but Lamborn ( the joke he is) beat Fawcett bad.

                        I do not know but he gave me the total creeps.

                      5. Here’s a good site for major races, other then the fact that the color red is used for Dems and Blue for Republicans.

                        http://uselectionatlas.org/RES…

                        In 2004, Coors won 63%-34%

                        In his 2002 Atty Gen bid, Salazar lost EP by about 20,000 votes…

                        In fact, I don’t think that a Dem has ever won EP…does any one know?  I’m only up and up on recent election history

                      7. Furthest I can go back was 1990, to Rod Andrews.  In 1990 and 1994, Republicans won EP county.

                      8. Romer’s the only Dem I can think of who could have carried El Paso in living memory, and then only in one of his re-election bids, which would have been ’90 and ’94. He might have carried the county once when he was running for re-election as treasurer in ’86. But that’s my last guess.  

                      10. I was a Democrat then.

                        No Democrat has ever won El Paso County for President, Senator, US Congress or Governor in my 30+ years here.  

                        District Attorney – YES. Democrat Bob Russell was District Attorney in the 1970’s.  

                      12. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for AG in 1982, as I recall. He was the DA for 20 years until he was defeated by Democrat Barney Iuppa in 1984 after surviving a primary challenge. Russel had grown pretty erratic over his last couple of years in office and was widely rumored to have something of a drinking problem. His chief deputy got popped for DUI and told the cop, “Don’t you know who I am?” in an attempt to avoid arrest. Lots of nasty PR ensued for Russel’s office. That’s what it takes to get a D elected to countywide office in El Paso County. Iuppa was one and done (terms I mean), serving four years until John Suthers got him in the 1988 election.

                      13. Roger isn’t a 30-year old typical campaign manager type, instead, he’s a bit older and more experienced.

                        Roger ran the field campaign for the Dems in southeast Colorado in 2006, including in El Paso County.  He oversaw a pretty massive GOTV operation that helped all of the candidates in El Paso, Pueblo, and the other southeast counties, and he seemed to handle it pretty well, from what I saw.  Every time I went into the GOTV offices in Colorado Springs, I was joined by at least a dozen other people on the phone constantly.

                        He could surprise some folks.  Plus, if Lamborn is the nominee, don’t count the Dems out here.  There’s enough GOPers with brains in the 5th that Lamborn would have trouble in a general election match-up.

                      14. But I highly doubt that he was the reason for a large number of volunteers and action going on down there.  Ritter made it very well known that he was not going to give up R areas and I heard even on election day he was down there walking and talking to voters.

                        Right now in El Paso, a Dem cannot win period. I don’t care if Ronald Reagan was reborn a Democrat, he would get beaten. What the Dem’s are doing right ( or did with Fawcett anyways) when you run good dems you start to change minds. Running Dems that fit the district over some sacrificial lamb you make progress.  

                        I am sure Fawcett helped the dems take John Morse’s seat and helped turn people out for turn out efforts across El Paso. So keep running good dems and in 4 – 5 terms maybe we have a shot.

                      15.    Don’t beat on that.  If it didn’t happen last election cycle, it probably won’t.

                          That doesn’t meant hat the Dems should leave a blank space on the ballot for CD 5.  They still need to run a presentable, credible candidate who’s prepared to run a campaign on shoe-string budget.  And not quit his (or her) day job.

                          It’s not a good sign when a major political party leaves races uncontested.

                2. the only reason that CFG put money up for ads is that CO Springs is such a cheap media market.  had it been anywhere near the rate for Denver and CFG doesnt get involved.  that race contrary to what some may think was never in play.  it was perhaps a mistake to have cheney do a fundraiser out there when he could have been raising other candidates money but that was it.  

    4. http://disclosure.nictusa.com/…

      He comes in 2nd, well behind Crank this quarter, with barely over $76,000 raise, of which $6,000 was from Lamborn, meaning $70,000 was from outside sources, and almost half of that $70,000 was from PACs.  

      I wonder how much he raised in New Orleans from out of state interests?  Wonder how much is from Club for Growthers from out of state?  I don’t need to look and don’t plan to do so.  Lamborn doesn’t have any substantial support from his constituents. And his only chance in this race is for Bentley Rayburn to play the spoiler one more time again.  

        2. cash on hand, etc-have Lamborn, Rayburn, and Crank essentially neck and neck.  Remember Crank’s poor showing last quarter.  This is far from over.

                      1. It’s “Gimme a break, gimme a break, break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar.” And I’m not even that old.

          2. GOPJeff, unless Bentley is going to start loaning his campaign a lot more money, how can Rayburn keep up the payments for both you and Hesse?  Rayburn’s one quarter of fundraising prior was not especially good.  It was  classic case of window dressing, to try to misrepresent his fundraising as if having broad based support in one quarter’s fundraising, when all he did was hold off accepting any donations in the prior quarter to that one to compress as much in one quarter as he could.  And, I’ve looked at this quarter’s funds for him.  My gosh, take his family’s donations out, and a bad quarter was actually a catastrophic quarter for fundraising.  

            1. you Crank people are starting to give me a big head. First you all thought I was Rayburn, then Hesse, now Bartleson.  Ha!

              I am only a volunteer.  I am not any of these fine gentleman, only a student.

              Also, of note.  When you look at Crank’s donor list most of them are repeat donors.  This is the same group that lost last time and will lose again this time.

      3. where Crank’s money came from this quarter.  I read on another diary that Rayburn got most of his from meet and greets, and other small gatherings, so what about Crank?  If he got large lump sums, or from loyal donors, are those sources tapped out now?  We’ve still got a ways to go before this election cycle is over, so I’m reasonably sure that the potential for more cash is significant.

          1. I thought Rayburn was running to replace Lamborn?  Is Crank the real threat in Rayburn’s eyes?  Shouldn’t you be more worried about your man’s numbers next quarter?

            2. I don’t know anyone who’s supporting Lamborn, so I’m somewhat out of the loop where he’s concerned.  I do, however, know people pulling for both Rayburn and Crank, so the stuff going on between them draws my attention more.

            3. But to this point his numbers are pathetic for an incumbent, and I believe that he will be replaced.  

              I enjoy picking on you Crank folks, because there is just so much for me to use.  

              1. At least you and GM Henry are honest!

                I wouldn’t count Lamborn out though.  He still has a lot of advantages and he’s still a threat until he drops out.

    5. With that much money and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of name id, its hard to imagine anything else. Mike is a proven leader and the one Republican in the state we can always count on.  

      1. Really? And he’s facing a tough four-way primary after holding nearly every elective office known to man? You guys are in worse shape than I thought.

        1. Really? Two mortgage lenders and some guy who is a legend in his own mind. If that’s tough I’d hate to see your bowel movements. Not to mention that Mike Collins was the best candidate you had.  

          1. the Sixth was a district where a Democrat has a chance. But if he’s the … what’s the phrase, one Republican in the state we can always count on, how come he isn’t blowing Armstrong out of the water instead of coming in slightly ahead?

            1. Every indication is that CD6 is truly in play this cycle. Hank Eng, who was recently endorsed by Mike Collins who withdraw from the race, is a very serious contender that the DNC/CDP should get behind if Dems are serious in converting “chance” to “contender” in this precedent-setting year!

              1. I’m glad he’s running but he has no name recognition, no experience, and is not getting anyone charged up.

                We have to be somewhat sensible in where we put our money. The difficult but possible race is Betsy Markey and any Dem money going to CD-1,2,3,5,6, or 7 instead of Betsylowers the chances in the one hous race that is competitive.

                (Primary donations in CD-2 yes, but for the general – that’s a slam-dunk.)

          2. http://www.coloradopols.com/sh… It didn’t get any funnier the second time.

            So far, Mike has proven he can’t lead himself out of bed in the morning.  Meanwhile, he is royally screwing Republicans in Colorado by bailing out of the Sec. of State office and giving it to Ritter.

            And Mike ran over Mark Hillman and Gigi Dennis to get the office.  A real team player.

            1. So the R’s in CO-6 have raised (and will not doubt spend) over $600k to take potshots at each other only to learn that their hobbled champion is in a tight November general. Seems like a lot of dough to snag a “safe R seat”.  

      1. $1,136,189. The campaign now has just under $600,000

        She is not on TV, I have not seen any mail besides one walk piece with my address on it. She has spent like $536,186.( On what)

        Polis maybe spending money but he is on TV and mailing and had is out there getting infront of the voting public.

    7. CO-2

      Joan Fitz-Gerald (D):$257,543 ( under 600,000 COH)

      Will Shafroth (D): $279,810 ($682,091 COH)

      Jared Polis (D): $558,251 – includes $450,000 personal loan ($322,139 COH)  

      The 450,000 loan he just put in would not be counted in there. Because you have to put let the FEC know within 24 hours of when you put it in and it’s past the 31st deadline.  

        1. Total Receipts: $1,639,154

          Transfers From Authorized Committees: $0

          Individual Contributions: $1,021,518

          Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Committees: $12,250

          Contributions from Party Committees $0

          Candidate Contribution: $602,919

          Candidate Loans: $0

          Other Loans: $0

          Total Disbursements: $1,317,016

          Transfers to Authorized Committees: $0

          Individual Refunds: $3,203  

          Non-Party (e.g. PACs) or Other Refunds: $0  

          Candidate Loan Repayments: $0

          Other Loan Repayments: $0

          Beginning Cash: $0

          Latest Cash On Hand: $322,139

          Debts Owed By: $5,300

    8. You left out the largest and the smallest fund raisers in the Colorado Congressional races.

      CO-01

      DeGette 56,465  (208,321)

      CO-03

      Salazar 138,242  (592,714)

      CO-07

      Janich 1,130 (6)

      Perlmutter 203,348  (1,014,007)

      1. But we don’t report what candidates say they raised in a press release. We wait for the report to appear on the FEC website, and sometimes that takes awhile for other candidates (like Schaffer, whose report is always last to appear).

    11. Seriously, Coloradobaywatch is right.  A minor point perhaps, but Jared’s 450,000 is in addition to what he already posted, so it is not counted on his FEC filing. I believe the 48 hr notices do not apply to this filing. With the additional 450,000, that leaves him with a little under $800,000 cash left….

      1. You are reporting two different things in the summary in the diary article. On the first quarter report, Jared Polis raised $160,971.91 in individual donation plus $397,340.29 in-kind and candidate funds for a total of $558,251.29. Cash on hand at the end of Q1 (March 31) is $322,139.41.

        On April 15th, AFTER the 1stQ report, Mr. Polis contributed an additional $450,000 to his campaign plus some in-kind.

        I can’t understand how you can take two different reports (a Q1 report and a Form 10) and report the above figures. If you want to combine the two reports, then the bottom line is COH is $322k + $450k for a total of $772 COH. But then again, one couldn’t make that claim without knowing what expenses there are since the end of Q1.

        POLS – FIX YOUR FIGURES! THEY ARE WRONG!

        Click image to see summary Q1 report for PROOF since you seem to don’t seem to believe what your readers are stating as fact.







        1. as listed in the filings for the quarter. Polis’ report for Q1 lists the COH numbers as stated above. Every candidate has different COH numbers today than they listed on their reports, but we don’t attempt to do that math on our own.

    12. and to be redundant, Jared’s 550,600 number clearly does not include the 450,000 he just dumped in today.  CO Pols should change their top listing to reflect that.  The loan of 450,000 just adds to that total.  Has anyone else here read an FEC report?

        1. But we’re not changing the COH numbers. We only list what was REPORTED in the Q1 filings. The Polis campaign didn’t report his latest loan in their COH numbers for Q1, so we aren’t including it. We just list what the Q1 report says for each candidate.  

          1. I was actually taking a jab at the people complaining more than you. Sarcasm doesn’t come across well here I suppose. I just thought it was funny how you guys listed $450k when it was really $400 and people were crying foul like it was the end of the world.

    15. How come Schaffer told the press he’d raised $1 million and change in the first quarter? Did he think it was a question about the Marianas, so felt compelled to fudge the truth?

        1. “Honey, wouldja look at that, the evening paper did another front page story on me.”

          “Now, Bob, they’re not the evening paper anymore. What’s it about?”

          “Heck, Uncle Dick says they spelled my name right, so it don’t matter!”

    16. However, now that 527 and 501(c)(4) committees can spend as much as they want, individual candidate fundraising reports are almost meaningless.

      I say “almost” because it is still sort of a half-a$$ed indicator of how much people are willing to put their money where their hearts are.

      But realistically, it has nothing to do with what we’re going to see for media buys this fall.

      And that’s a bad thing.  It means that candidates no longer control their own messages.

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