April 06, 2023 02:44 PM UTC

Nearly 50,000 Donors Fill Adam Frisch's War Chest For 2024

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• by: Colorado Pols

Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog reports:

Adam Frisch, the Democrat seeking a rematch against Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, raised more than $1.7 million in the first quarter for his 2024 bid in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, his campaign said Thursday.

The former Aspen City Council member received nearly 50,000 individual donations between announcing his run on Feb. 14 and the end of the reporting period on March 31, his campaign told Colorado Politics.

He plans to report donors from all 50 states and all 27 counties in the sprawling district, which covers most of the Western Slope, Pueblo County and Southern Colorado, a campaign spokeswoman said.

From the Adam Frisch campaign’s release, a reminder that all that cash money was raised in less than a full calendar quarter after Frisch launched his 2024 campaign in mid-February:

The Adam Frisch campaign for Colorado’s 3rd congressional district has raised more than $1.7 million dollars in the 1st quarter FEC filing, shattering expectations for a congressional candidate this early in the 2024 election cycle. Frisch raised this amount in just 46 days, having launched on February 14, and is not accepting donations from corporate PACs.

“I am incredibly humbled by the generosity of the tens of thousands of individuals who contributed to our campaign to bring decency and common sense back to Colorado’s 3rd district,” said Adam Frisch. “These remarkable fundraising numbers reflect what we’re hearing on the campaign trail – that voters from across the political spectrum are sick and tired of Boebert’s angertainment circus and are ready for a representative who will work across the aisle to find solutions to the problems facing their families, their businesses, and their communities. I have no doubt that with this incredible outpouring of support and our powerful coalition of Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliated voters, we will defeat Boebert in 2024.”

The most important impact of this strong performance out of the gate will be to solidify Frisch’s standing as the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on Republican sophomore diva of destruction Rep. Lauren Boebert in the 2024 general election. There’s simply no other Democrat in the district with the resources and organization in place to challenge Frisch for the nomination. After coming with 546 votes of dispatching Boebert last November, there’s a general sense that Frisch has earned the right to this rematch, and he’s raising the money to back it up.

The trendlines are established: Boebert is weak and under siege, Frisch is strong and his program on track.