Quarterly FEC reports are in...

...and I'll let others write about the presidential candidate numbers.

Some of the FEC's quarterly financial reports for active Congressional candidate committees in Arizona.

Incumbents bolded, challengers italicized.

Note: "PAC" numbers include all contributions from non-political party committees. Generally speaking, Republicans had a lot of corporate contributions; Democrats had a lot of union contributions.

CD1 -

Democrat Ellen Simon raised $4,295.54, more than $4K from herself.
Republican Rick Renzi raised $117,698.70, $76,950.00 from PACs.

CD2 -

Republican Trent Franks raised $40,031.00, $9,000 from PACs.
Democrat John Thrasher raised $4,340.00, $3,000 from himself.

CD3 -

Democrat Bob Lord raised $137,968.15, $0 from PACs.
Republican John Shadegg raised $19,338.57, $4,500.00 from PACs.

CD4 -

Democrat Ed Pastor raised $11,650.00, $1,000 from PACs.

CD5 -

Democrat Harry Mitchell raised $234,768.46, $107,162.35 from PACs.
Republican JD Hayworth raised $136.00.

CD6 -

Republican Jeff Flake raised $84,065.00, $3100.00 from PACs.

CD7 -

Democrat Raul Grijalva raised $26,843.86, $25,500 from PACs.

CD8 -

Democrat Gabrielle Giffords raised $325,252.61, $104,966.17 from PACs.
Democrat Jeff Latas raised $900.00, all from himself.


Active during the quarter, but no contributions received - Bob Stump (R-CD3), Ron Drake (R-CD7, committee termination report filed), Eva Bacal (D-CD8), Jim Kolbe (R-CD8), Larry King (D-CD5), Herb Paine (D-CD3, termination report filed 03-01-2007),

Brief observation: By far, Mitchell, Giffords, and Renzi were the most active incumbent fundraisers this quarter, but that's no surprise - they are all targeted for defeat in the next election; Mitchell and Giffords because they are in their first terms, and Renzi because of his ethical and residency issues.

Brief prediction: Expect Shadegg to get his fundraising organization into gear after the showing of Bob Lord (top fundraiser among the non-incumbents, #3 overall) this quarter.

Numbers, numbers, everywhere

Time for some geeky stuff ("geeky" in that I had to do some work compiling and calculating the numbers)...

The Pre-General Election FEC filings are posted, and here are the results for the period of 10/1/2006 to 10/18/2006:


Harry Mitchell:

Individuals - $151,521.24
PACs/Committees - $38,400.00
Total - $189,921.24

That's an 80%/20% individual contributors vs. PACs split for the period.

Cash on hand at the end of the reporting period - $299,493.12

Money raised since the end of the reporting period, based on "48-Hour Notices" filed with the FEC (large donations only, actual numbers will be higher. That applies to all of these candidates) - $74,650.00


JD Hayworth:

Individuals - $109,512.84
PACs/Committees - $75,350.00
Total - $184,862.84

That's a 59%/41% individual vs. PACs split, and yes, it means that Harry is outraising JD both at the grassroots level and overall.

Not only that, he is doing it during crunch time.

YES!!

Cash on hand - $950,889.71

Money raised since the end of the reporting period - $61,700 (outraising him here too!!)


Ellen Simon:

Individuals - $120,205.20
PACs/Committees - $35,200.00
Total - $155,405.20

That's a 77%/23% split.

Cash on hand - $67,274.16

Raised since end of the period - $53,350.00


Rick Renzi:

Individuals - $155,050.00
PACs/Committees - $81,031.00
Total - $236,081.00

That's a 66%/34% split.

Cash on hand - $673,977.45

Raised since end of the period - $27,800.00, and that includes $4,200 from Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sproul.


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And confirming what the individual contributor/PAC splits listed above already told you, corporate money is propping up the Republican electoral machine. (Phoenix Business Journal)