State Senator Tom McClintock put together some very interesting numbers that are worth sharing.Posted on 02/03/2006 10:03:32 AM PST by calif_reaganite
FlashReport friend John Feliz, a senior strategist with the Liuetenant Gubernatorial campaign of State Senator Tom McClintock put together some very interesting numbers that are worth sharing.
At the risk of telling you how this book ends before you read it -- Tom McClintock is clearly demonstrating an ability to raise funds, and that his base of support is wide and grass-roots driven. That said, please read this briefing, then applaud Tom for his accomplishments thus far, and then - most importantly - click here to get involved with his campaign!
Here is an excerpt from Capitol Weekly's digest (by ace CW reporter Shane Goldmacher) today on the down-ticket campaigns for statewide office:
From Capitol Weekly:
Lieutenant Governor
The three-way race for the Democratic nomination is fast becoming a two-candidate contest. Sen. Liz Figueroa, D-Fremont, spent $100,000 more than she raised in the second half of 2005 and has just more than $500,000 cash on hand. That will likely not be enough to unseat current Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi ($850,000 cash on hand) or Sen. Jackie Speier ($2.2 million cash on hand), D-Hillsborough, both of whom are better know by voters, according to a November Field Poll.
The winner of the primary will face conservative Sen. Tom McClintock, who is running unopposed.
OK - here is John's analysis:
Tom out paced his Democratic opponents in the last reporting period in the number of donors and has run competitively in the total dollars raised. The following analysis is interesting:
For the entire LG campaign, Tom has received 23,596 donations. During the past 6 months he got 10,659. His average donation for the 6 months was $66.17. Average for the campaign is $78.10. Truly a man of the people. For the entire campaign: 15,536 donations were under $50, 19,847 were under $75 and 20,026 were under $100.
What we have seen over the past six months is the confirmation that Tom McClintock has become a truly formidable fundraiser. Tom now has around $200,000 (or over 22%) more money in the bank that his expected opponent, and incumbent constitutional officeholder John Garamendi. Furthermore, Tom brought in almost twice as much over the past six months as Jackie Speier.
Tom’s preeminence lies not only in the total amount raised but also, and very starkly so, in how he has managed to broaden his donor base. Tom’s number of contributions over the course of the entire campaign outnumbers that of Speier by 10:1 and that of Garamendi’s by a mind-blowing 20:1. While Tom brought almost 24,000 contributions, Speier reported a little over 2,000 and Garamendi – a paltry thousand. That translates into total contributions of under $100 for Tom totaling an astounding $182,000, while Garamendi and Speier’s don’t even rise to 1/10 of that number combined.
Below is a chart that John sent to me - we'll see how it formats in a web-posting:
|
|
Tom McClintock |
John Garamendi |
Jackie Speier |
Liz Figueroa |
|
Cash-on-hand |
$1,037,021 |
$853,045 |
$2,273,317 |
$537,277 |
|
Total raised for entire campaign |
$1,843,043 |
$1,553,748 |
$2,583,913 |
$836,672 |
|
Total raised this period |
$705,403 |
$786,740 |
$494,761 |
$81,555 |
|
Number of donors (entire campaign period) |
23,596 |
1,043 |
2,159 |
592 |
|
Number of donors this period |
10,659 |
516 |
921 |
158 |
McClintock is a good man, and Californians would be lucky to have him in a statewide office.
I wish he's run for governor instead of Lt. governor. We're going to be stuck with Arnold "watch-me-spend-more-money-than-Grey-Davis-ever-dreamed" Schwartzenegger. Talk about Republicans abandoning small government!
Love the man.
I'm on board. Of course, he was my first choice to replace Grey Davis, but I was talked out of it for fear of Bustamonte--instead we got the very disappointing Governator and his culture of death.
My 2 cents.
RD
Is Stoos still his campaign manager?
A million of us weren't talked out of voting our conscience, and Schwarzenegger still won. So, I don't have to regret a vote for Schwarzenegger, which is great!
Tookie agrees.
BTTT!!!
But he's got a good enough Conservative anchoring to overcome some of the cosmetic deficiencies.
I'll bet you're not alone in wishing you'd voted for McClintock...
Arnold has to go. I guess Bill Simon is out of it, now, after the party betrayed him. So, I'd love to see McClintock run against Arnold in the primary.
Because this time we have a primary, not a three-way race between two Republicans and one Democrat, which twisted everyone's arm to vote for Arnold.
Throw the bum out.
It wasn't clear who sponsored it (most likely Dems) but some interesting questions i.e.
Name recognition & top of mind opinion for possible state wide run on:
Boxer v Schwartzenegger
Delgadio(sp?) for AG
Villaraigosa
Garamendie for AG?
Bustamante (dogcatcher ?!)
& most surprisingly....Jerry Brown for Gov
For this reason, I view any effort to attack Governor Schwarzenegger as an attack on my own candidacy and those of every Republican seeking partisan office in 2006.
Sorry, but Tom is simply not that photogenic. He compensates by being a smart, principled, libertarian-leaning elected official. I'm happy to have him representing me as my State Senator, and I'm hopeful that he'll soon be Lt. Governor.
PING!
McClintock Ping List.
Please freepmail me if you want on or off this list
No qualms about Tookie. I was referring to Arnold's position on abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, and 'Dr.' Von Hagens. I voted for him, but I'm unhappy with his performance and wish I could take a Mulligan.
RD
Did you support the abortion notification prop. in Arnold's Special Election?
Tom McClintock supports party over principle? What a RINO. ;)
The natives might riot.
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