4Q11 Fundraising Totals for MD-Sen
Fundraising totals for the 4Q11 in the Maryland US Senate race are in. Bottom Line? Cardin's ahead of every GOP candidate, but not super impressive. He raised $697k. Here's some details from Cumberland Times-News:
Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin has raised millions more in campaign funds than his nearest rival, according to year-end campaign financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Cardin’s campaign reported raising $697,000 for the October-December quarter, bringing the total funds raised this cycle to more than $3.1 million. Republican former Secret Service Agent Daniel Bongino raised the second-highest total, $130,000.
Cardin, who is serving his first term and who enjoys the support of President Barack Obama, faces eight Democrats in the primary on April 3: Richard Blagmon, a Naval Reserve officer from Upper Marlboro, is relying on personal loans worth $12,500. None of the remaining Democrats — Blaine Taylor, JP Cusick, Christopher Garner, Ralph Jaffe, Ed Tinus, Lih Young and prominent Prince George’s County pastor, the Rev. C. Anthony Muse — filed fundraising activity.
Candidates do not have to file until their campaign spending or donations reach $5,000.
Only two of Cardin’s Republican rivals reported fundraising in the final 2011 quarter. Bongino raised $130,000 in 2011, and said he expected this (March) quarter alone to exceed that number. Richard Douglas, a former deputy assistant secretary of Defense, raised more than $63,000, but has only $9,000 cash left on hand.The remaining Republican candidates Joseph Alexander, Robert Broadus, William Capps Jr., Rick Hoover, Jim Israel, John Kimble, Brian Vaeth and Corrogan Vaughn did not report fundraising activity.
Cardin, a former speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates with a 45-year career in Annapolis and Washington, is “taking nothing for granted in the race,” said his spokeswoman Sue Walitsky.Democrats have about twice as many registered voters than the GOP in Maryland, and have held both Senate seats since 1987. But Bongino points to wins by former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in Maryland as proof there will be a fight.
The primary is on April 3.
Bongino has the best fundraising totals of the GOP candidates and, as the article said, is looking to pass the totals from 4Q11 in 1Q12. I hope so, if he's the nominee. We need a candidate who can keep pace with Cardin in fundraising. Steele outspent Cardin in 2006 and lost by a over 10%. It's going to be a battle, but Cardin is much weaker than Mikulski. He's beatable and I still believe Bongino is the man for the job.
Moe Lane Interviews Dan Bongino at CPAC
Moe Lane of RedState interviewed US Senate candidate Dan Bongino at CPAC. Here's the video:
Bongino on Fox & Friends
US Senate candidate and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino (R-MD) was on Fox & Friends this morning discussing his service with the secret service. It's an interesting interview from a great US Senate candidate. Check it out, then check out his website (also my interview with him here).
Bongino Endorsed by Rutledge
Dan Bongino just received the endorsement from 2010 US Senate candidate Jim Rutledge. Rutledge, who never held public office before, ran a fiery primary campaign in 2010 against Eric Wargotz coming in a close second place in the statewide primary that year. I supported Rutledge in the primary (see my interview here), so it's great to see him come out for the candidate that I also support in 2012. Here's the transcript from the presser:
Jim Rutledge, former U.S. Senate candidate, has officially endorsed Dan Bongino, candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland.
"Dan Bongino will bring to the U.S. Senate what has been seriously lacking for some time in Maryland; a person that can truly relate to and speak for the average Maryland family," said Jim Rutledge. "Dan has an impressive life story and an accomplished record on the front line of law enforcement rising from the ranks of the NYPD to the Secret Service. Washington is awash with a culture of corruption. Dan Bongino is a man of courage and integrity. Dan Bongino knows that jobs, opportunity, and prosperity can only thrive in a free-market economy. We need a new beginning here in Maryland and that will start when we elect Dan Bongino. "
A former U.S. Senate candidate, Jim Rutledge is a partner with the Baltimore County law firm of Rutledge & Aitken, with over 25 years of legal experience representing Maryland's small businesses, average citizens, and farmers. Jim Rutledge is an advocate for constitutionally limited government and for the protection of American sovereignty, private property, free market capitalism, the rule of law, and the defense of our unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. A respected member of his community, Jim Rutledge currently resides in Harford County with his wife, Kim, where they raised their two children.
"It is an honor to receive Mr. Rutledge's endorsement. He has spent his career striving to bring about better government and providing a voice for those fighting against the powerful establishment," said Bongino. "As U.S. Senator, I will bring that fight. I will work to ensure that our federal government becomes more responsive to the needs of the people of Maryland."
Dan Bongino, a devoted husband and father, served in the United States Secret Service for more than a decade, in which he was assigned to the elite Presidential Protection Division. He represented the U.S. as a lead government security official in over 25 countries. Holding graduate degrees in Business Administration and Psychology, Dan has gone on to start several successful businesses in Maryland. As an entrepreneur, he understands that it will be small businesses and consumer confidence that will reinvigorate the economy; not a tax and spend mentality from big government.
HT to Anthropocon
Haddaway-Riccio Endorses Bongino
Maryland's House Minority Whip, Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, has endorsed Dan Bongino for US Senate. Here's the article from her blog:
Maryland House Minority Whip Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio has endorsed Dan Bongino, candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland.
"Dan Bongino is an excellent example of the next generation of leaders who understand that the ways of the past will not lead us to a better future," said Delegate Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio. "Electing Dan Bongino to the U.S. Senate is paramount to changing the mindset and culture in Washington."
Dan Bongino, a devoted husband and father, served in the United States Secret Service for more than a decade, in which he was assigned to the elite Presidential Protection Division. He represented the U.S. as a lead government security official in over 25 countries. Holding graduate degrees in Business Administration and Psychology, Dan has gone on to start several successful businesses in Maryland. As an entrepreneur, he understands that it will be small businesses and consumer confidence that will reinvigorate the economy; not a tax and spend mentality from big government.
"I am honored by the Minority Whip's endorsement. Delegate Haddaway-Riccio represents a new generation of leaders in our state who refuse to allow Maryland to fall to the wayside, while the powerful establishment serves the needs of special interests over the needs of the people," said Bongino. "Jeannie and I firmly believe that the future for Maryland lies in the hands of those willing to change the way the federal and state governments operate and respond to the very people it serves."
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