BREAKDOWN: $217,644.46 from individuals; $12,050.00 from PACs Total contributions: $229,694.46
Total Cycle-To-Date: $627,354.79
Q4 cycle burn: $70,300.62
COH: $420,316.07 NOTE: Transfer from Cappiello-Connecticut Victory ‘08: $25,000
Like I said, at this point, given Cappiello's god-awful last two reports, he could only go up in terms of fundraising.
3rd quarter fundraising total: $70,470 (OUCH!)
4th quarter fundraising total: $131,133.33
That being said, when it comes to running against a freshman Congressman as popular across party lines as Chris Murphy, these numbers simply won't get the job done as two commenters on CTLP correctly explain:
Looking at the FEC website, Murphy had 225K more on hand at this time two years ago (653K) than Cappiello does now (420K), and that was when he was on no one’s radar screen. The other big challenger, Jim Himes [Demoratic challenger to 4CD Chris Shays] has over a million on hand right now, 600k more than Cappiello has.
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Murphy was also running against one of the most well-funded and longest-serving incumbents in Congress [Nancy Johnson]. Cappiello should be able to do at least that well against a freshman. He’s not. If the only thing that keeps his numbers up is NRCC fly-in fundraisers, he’s not gonna make much headway.
BINGO!
For a Republican going for Nancy Johnson's old seat, you think Cappiello would be able to shake Johnson's money tree in the district...obviously he's not shaking it hard enough. Also, putting fundraising aside for a moment, when it comes to grassroots campaigning, next to Ned Lamont during the 2006 primary against Joe Lieberman, NO ONE did it better than Chris Murphy. NO ONE. Murphy KNOWS how to campaign in the 5CD better than anyone and he visibility in the Danbury area from the time he was sworn into office to now has been nothing more than stunning and well-received (i.e., Murphy has been to Danbury more times since '06 than Nancy Johnson has been during her ENTIRE time in Congress).
When you add the freshman Congressman's GOTV campaign with his fundraising versus Cappiello, who might be forced into a primary with Lou DeLuca's BFF Tony Nania, and you begin to see why Murphy's chances at being re-elected is pretty damn good.
04.25.22 (RADIO): WSHU Latino group call on Connecticut lawmakers to open a Danbury charter school
06.03.22 (OP-ED): KUSHNER: "Career Academy ‘a great deal for Danbury"
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.
That's the first thing that comes to mind when I reviewed David Cappiello's 1st Quarter fundraising report.
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.
