The FEC reports are starting to trickle in and David Cappiello followed up his breakout fundraising quarter, one that put him on the radar of the national Republicans and raised him almost $200,000, with a rather weak effort of $70,470 ($48,961 spent for a CoH of $204,368).
So much for that 41 cities in 41 days tour huh?
But wait, there's more!
Not only did Cappiello’s fundraising decline by 65%, not only was he outraised this quarter by the guy who could only manage $30k last quarter, but he is sitting in a much more winnable district for the Republicans than is Sean Sullivan (not to mention that this comes a few days after Cappiello’s name and the words “illegal campaign contributions” appeared in the same article). Although the 2nd was decided by 1.3 votes last cycle, it was the most Democratic district in the country (by registration) that was represented by a Republican (that, obviously, included the 5th).
Now, Gabe from CTLP goes in for the kill.
Net-Net, this is as disastrous as a fundraising number could be for Cappiello. He was in a $600,000 CoH hole following last quarter to begin with and this number isn’t going to help that situation at all. Add to that the cash flow problem the NRCC is having right now, and the probable need they will have to spend money to defend Chris Shays, and $70,000 is simply not part of a winning formula for taking back the 5th District seat.
Down goes Cappiello! Down goes Cappiello!
TParty over at MLN breaks down the other figures coming in for this quarter.
To recap, here are the other numbers that have been reported so far:
Sean Sullivan (R-CT-02): $100k in 3Q, $132k total this cycle
Joe Courtney (D-CT-02): $260k in 3Q, apx. $1 million total this cycle, $770k cash on hand
Jim Himes (D-CT-04): $250k in 3Q, over $610k this cycle
Cappiello raised less money than Sullivan in the 2nd. The same Sullivan who raised enough money to rub two pennies together during the last quarter!
...and remember, this happened BEFORE the whole Galante illegal campaign contribution story broke.
Murphy's numbers will be out soon but I have the feeling that he raised a tab bit more than Danbury's native son (like 2X to 3X as much). UPDATE: 1:30 PM I told ya so!
Congressman Chris Murphy's campaign will report that he has raised 220,000 in this quarter which brings his total amount raised to over 1,000,000 in this cycle. More details to come.
UPDATE 2: 10.16.07: Here are the full Q3 numbers for all CT house races (hat tip to TParty at MLN)
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
Ladies and gentlemen, that is what's called a POLITICAL NOSEDIVE.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
