Moran leads Deeds in money race
July 15, 2008 by afp
Filed under *VirginiaPoliticsToday.com
Item by Chris Graham
freepress2@ntelos.net
Brian Moran’s fundraising haul in the first six months of 2008 nearly doubled that of 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial-nomination rival Creigh Deeds.
Moran, a Northern Virginia legislator and chair of the House Democratic Caucus, raised $1.38 million between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to campaign-finance reports filed with the State Board of Elections today.
Deeds, a Bath County state senator who lost a recount to Republican Bob McDonnell in the 2005 attorney-general race, raised $782,586 in the first six months of ‘08.
The Moran campaign reported $924,292 cash on hand as of June 30. Deeds had $650,452 cash on hand as of the end of the month of June.
Adam Sharp on Tue, 15th Jul 2008 5:11 pm
Chris, I’m disappointed in this article. Delegate Moran did not “raise” $1.38 million … he raised about $1 million and transfered the rest.
Here’s how Tim Craig of The Washington Post reported it a week ago:
“The money Moran raised so far this year includes $393,000 that he transferred from his old political account, Friends of Brian Moran, meaning he actually raised about $1 million in new money in 2008, according to his campaign staff.”
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2008/07/moran_raises_nearly_14_million.html
Moran did not “nearly double” Sen. Deeds’ totals. But apparently he did spend $455k while Deeds only spent $132k.
Your focus should be on how and why Moran raised 20% more than Deeds but spent 300% more. That seems to be a more important story.
chrisgraham on Tue, 15th Jul 2008 11:13 pm
Good catch. He didn’t double Deeds. He did outraise him by $$330K. And has $240K more on hand.
I’m not taking sides in this battle. I just hope they get it resolved before, say, the first of the year, so that we can go into ‘09 with a unified front against the GOP and McDonnell/Bolling.