The tortoise and the hare
The Hare is winning the race this time around, at least when it comes to raking in dough.
Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Phil Hare has surged ahead of Republican opponent Andrea Zinga in the scramble to collect campaign dollars for their 17th District election showdown.Internet donations?? I thought no politician gave a damn about those, and they're stupid and not even worth bothering with, right trolls? (ahem)
Despite having only three weeks of fundraising compared with Zinga’s three months, Hare, of Rock Island, had raised $226,799 by Saturday, the July 15 deadline to report second-quarter campaign donations to the Federal Election Commission. Zinga, of Coal Valley, however, came close to her goal of $200,000, collecting a reported $192,690 since April. That number may be amended, though, with an additional $11,000 in Internet donations that were not officially reported, said her campaign manager, Charlie Johnston.
Open Secrets has a summary of finance info on the 17th District race.
Be sure to click on the various links listed in the sidebar to the left under the headings of Summary and Geographic data and Interest Groups.
No data under these headings for Hare as yet, but some interesting data for Zinga.
The most recent filing for the Hare campaign can be viewed or downloaded on the FEC site here.
The link listing individual and PAC donors and amounts can be found here.
Zinga's most recent filing can be viewed or downloaded here.
Her individual and PAC donors (none) and amounts are listed here. (notice that Moline Alderman Mike Crotty didn't report any occupation. Under Schedule C loans to the committee, it shows Zinga loaning herself $75,000 total.)
posted by The Inside Dope @ 7/19/2006
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Intersting note: a large portion of Zinga's filing ($50,000) was a loan taken out by herself to be used in her campaign.
Nico, thanks for the catch. I've fixed the links. You can also see which PACs donated to Hare and in what amount using the links.
Hare lists receiving $1,950 from political groups and $192,800 from various PACS.
(compared to Zinga who reported zero dollars from PACS)
Nico,
The former Dem candidate for state treasurer was Knox Co. District Atty. Paul Mangieri of Galesburg, (not Joe.) Whether it's some relation or not, I couldn't say.
Politicalanimal,
Where did you see that? There are no loans whatsoever listed in Hare's filing at the FEC.
Tell us where you're seeing that figure.
If there's an East Moline address for Crotty, it's likely his business as you suspect.
I believe he owns a metal plating business which I used to make delieveries to. Going in the building was like walking through the gates of hell at the time.
It was dark, every square inch covered with thick black dust, and with bubbling vats of intensely caustic chemicals which gave off fumes which would curl your hair.
And the workers looked like coal miners from the 1800s, literally black from head to toe, and working in heat which had to be over 100 degrees.
I'm sure he benefits from not having too close of attention from the EPA and this may explain his party affiliation.
This also applies to former R.I. County Republican chair Bill Getz, who runs a foundry right smack dab in the middle of a residential area in Moline. Foundries aren't known as a "clean" industry, needless to say, and to even think of locating such a plant in a residential neighborhood today would be impossible.
Ah yes. Debts.
I did notice this section and found it quite interesting.
I was baffled by your mention of loans.
Ah yes. Debts.
I did notice this section and found it quite interesting.
I was baffled by your mention of loans.
But as to your question of what this was all about and whether it was to inflate the cash on hand, that seems fairly simple.
The debts are simply people he owes or has paid for services rendered.
Debts are counted against the cash on hand, it reduces the cash on hand total, so your idea that it was "so he could report higher cash on hand" doesn't compute.
Political,
Before you jump ugly, as a rule, you should at least not be dead wrong.
I don't smoke anything, by the way, but I think maybe you should.
It might help your math.
Last I checked, 219747.65 is 7052.34 LESS than 226799.99
The 7052.34 being the amount of debts reported.
If debts aren't counted against cash on hand, then why are they deducted from the cash on hand total?
I don't give a rat's ass if they're called debts or disbursments or a cherry slush. The fact remains that they reduce the cash on hand exactly as I said.
Smoke that.
Does trying to make a distinction without a difference make you feel smart? Or were you just confused?
At any rate, thanks for posting the figures that showed you to be in error. That was nice.
It saved me having to look them up.
My apologies. I was under the impression that the $7052.34 was the amount of debts and obligations.
I stand corrected.
I'm sure that's hoped for.
But I simply can't resist the obvious parallels of your comment with the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
The Hare jumped out to such a huge lead that he decided to stop and take a nap, and well, you know the rest.
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