Rep. Michele Bachmann is scheduled to return to Minnesota next week, but not to her district. Instead, she’ll be hosting a fundraiser at the Hilton in downtown Minneapolis.
U.S. Rep. Tom Latham (R-Ames) raised more than twice as much as U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Des Moines) in the third quarter of 2011, and has a huge cash on hand advantage about a year before the two longtime incumbents square off in the Nov. 2012 election.
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Former Iowa First Lady and 4th Congressional District candidate Christie Vilsack is among a handful of House and Senate candidates who “are distinguishing themselves as breakout fundraising stars in the still-developing 2012 campaign season,” Politico reports.
Former Iowa First Lady and current Congressional candidate Christie Vilsack raised $330,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30, her campaign says.
Vilsack is running against long-time incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve King in the state’s newly-drawn 4th Congressional District, which encompasses the northwest portion of the state.
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Sunday’s inaugural same-sex marriages in New York were met by thousands of protesters blasting the New York Legislature’s passage of the Marriage Equality Act last month. Alongside the profanity-laden chants coming from the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) camp, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) — which condemned the WBC, for More…
The Humphrey Institute’s Smart Politics notes that if Rep. Michele Bachmann’s fundraising pace continues — and if she opts not to run for president — she will raise nearly $52 million by November 2012. That would be a record for a House candidate should her fundraising prowess hold up. In More…
Fred Karger is not your typical Republican presidential candidate. He has never held elected office, spending his life behind the scenes as a consultant for other candidates. When questioned on policy issues he will readily admit when he is unsure and needs further research. And there’s the 800 lb. elephant More…
Christine O’Donnell’s campaign might start off down in the polls against Democrat Chris Coons in Delaware’s Senate race, but as of this afternoon she’s no longer the underdog in terms of fundraising. O’Donnell’s website, which now consists of nothing more than one big fundraising request, reports that she’s More…
In the wake of the Palin endorsement in Delaware, another subplot is brewing. The Delaware GOP, which is backing Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) for the Republican Senate nomination, has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission that accuses Tea Party Express and their chosen candidate, Christine O’Donnell, of More…
Politico has a long article today on Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who runs the Republican Governors Association (RGA), and how he is, well, powerful. The article points out that while governors’ races typically aren’t considered as sexy as the race for control of Congress, Barbour is playing a crucial More…
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