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April 18, 2009 09:04 PM UTC
5 Comments
There is one big fat obvious reason why Ritter has raised less money than Markey and Bennet as of now: they NEEDED to do so, and Ritter didn’t. Markey will certainly face a serious challenge in the general, so she must show strength. There was a ton of talk (all talk, it turns out) of Bennet facing a primary, plus he will have to run the general election without ever having won before, plus he is a relative unknown. Thus he needs to make a strong $$ showing.
None of this applies to Ritter.
I think Ritter has been concentrating on doing his job. Means his fundraising is lower, but the state is better served. And I think come election time people will reward that focus.
this would make sens. However, I don’t think major donors are holding out hope that Andrew Romanoff or anyone else is going to jump in the ring.
Bill Ritter is going to run for re-election.
There’s not going to be a primary opponent.
If, when Ritter starts campaigning in earnest, he’s still putting up paltry numbers, then maybe it’ll be a concern.
Actually, I think it’s fairly impressive that he raised over $100,000 without doing anything.
Campaign finance limit for Governor – $525
Campaign finance limit for Congress – $2,400
PAC limit for Governor – $0
PAC limit for Congress – $5,000
Not to mention Ritter’s dollars raised in the same quarter of the cycle in which he was elected – $0. He didn’t file until June of 2005.
The concept of the perpetual campaign is relatively new and it’s been hugely damaging to democracy. I am glad that Ritter has spent the past two years governing rather than fundraising.
That’s the big difference. It’s a hell of a lot easier to raise big money quickly in a federal campaign than a state campaign. Most of the money spent in state campaigns will come from 527s anyway.