Peter Schiff Raises $800k for Potential Senate Primary

PR Newswire ^ | August 10, 2009 | Gerard Adams

[GoldStandard]

The Peter Schiff Exploratory Committee for the U.S. Senate Republican primary in the State of Connecticut has successfully raised over $800,000 in just one month since it began soliciting donations. Over $300,000 of these donations were made since Friday after some of Peter's supporters organized a 'moneybomb.'

This compares to the $753,000 raised by the Republican frontrunner Rob Simmons from April through June. It is our belief that Rob Simmons would've voted with Chris Dodd in favor of the government's stimulus plans and bailouts, which have gotten our country trillions of dollars deeper into debt. It seems as though the only thing Rob Simmons offers to voters is that he is not Chris Dodd.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Good! Tell him to get his butt in the race already. :)

[allmost]

Bump.

[Rodebrecht]

At $815,865 as of 8:05 PM EDT.

[ajay_kumar]

Who will be his opponent(s) in primary and general election?

[perfect_rovian_storm]

He’s running against a pro-choice RINO named Simmons for the Republican nomination. The general is against Chris Dodd.