Posted on 02/22/2008 3:29:00 AM PST by EBH
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich's plea to supporters to send money has paid off.
In the past six weeks, Kucinich raised nearly $700,000 in his bid to hold onto his 10th Congressional District seat. That brings his total to $735,000, the most he has amassed in a congressional race, including his initial bid 12 years ago against incumbent Martin Hoke.
His top rival, Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman, reported total contributions of $487,000, a little over half which was raised this year.
Thursday was the deadline for congressional candidates to file pre-primary finance reports with the Federal Elections Commission. To check the reports go to fec.gov.
Kucinich's big-money givers, who donated a total of $230,000, primarily live outside of Ohio. A third of the money came from California, where 120 people donated a total of $75,700. Ohioans contributed nearly $25,000. His other top states for donations were New York, Massachusetts and Oregon.
His supporters include singer Bonnie Raitt, best-selling author and New Age lecturer Marianne Williamson and "Million Dollar Baby" film writer Paul Haggis, along with numerous college professors, artists and retirees.
Cimperman's supporters are almost all Ohioans. The roster includes Cleveland Indians attorney Paul Dolan, downtown real estate developer Richard Jacobs and Crocker Park developer Bob Stark. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 880 gave $5,000.
Cimperman collected $15,000 from people outside Ohio.
Both candidates appear to have sizeable amounts of money left to spend. As of Feb. 13. Kucinich reported having $330,000 and Cimperman, $215,000.
The other three candidates reported much smaller war chests.
Rosemary Palmer has raised $55,000 and lent her campaign $106,000. The former teacher and journalist who is opposed to the war entered the run after her U.S. Marine son was killed in combat in Iraq.
North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady has raised $37,000. Barbara Ferris, the head of the nonprofit International Women's Democracy Center, has raised close to $17,000 in donations.
News researchers Dave Davis and Rich Exner contributed to this story.
We don't want this embarrassment in office any longer!
$650,000 from UFOPAC
Vote him out.
“His supporters include singer Bonnie Raitt, best-selling author and New Age lecturer Marianne Williamson and “Million Dollar Baby” film writer Paul Haggis, along with numerous college professors, artists and retirees.”
Numerous college professors doesn’t surprise me.
Remember, you have a choice between a relatively well spoken democrat with a creditable history of holding political office and getting things done, and a far left wack-job who believes in UFOs and is only taken seriously by other wack-jobs. When districts become inevitably democratic, pray God they keep electing ineffectual squirrels like Kucinich, rather than someone who might actually accomplish something.
We need a law that bans Congressmen and Senators from getting campaign funds from people outside their states, or companies that don’t do appreciable business in their states. And absolutely NO campaign funds from companies or people that have interests that are regulated by a oversight committee that they sit on!..............
Alien money, no doubt.
Bonnie Raitt ?
The folks from Altair 7 have realized they have to pony up if they want their interests represented in Congress.
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