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New Hampshire: Fundraising

Tue, 12/09/2008 - 15:39

Hodes trumped Horn in fund-raising

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

After winning a contentious Republican primary, Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua) was never able to catch up to U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes (D-Concord) in fund-raising.

Federal Election Commission finance reports show that Hodes raised $2 million and spent $1.7 million to get re-elected to the 2nd Congressional District seat. In the final three weeks of the campaign, Hodes raised $131,964 and spent $340,773, and his campaign committee ended up with $98,133 in the bank.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 13:52

Bradley outspent Shea-Porter in final weeks of campaign

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Financial reports filed with the Federal Elections Commission show that in the final weeks of the campaign former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) outspent U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester).

However, the money advantage did help Bradley since he lost to Shea-Porter and Shea-Porter outspent, and outraised, Bradley for the entire cycle.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 10:11

NH U.S. Senate race breaks record

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

The United States Senate race between U.S. Sen. John Sununu (R-Waterville Valley) and U.S. Sen.-elect Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) was the most expensive federal race in New Hampshire history, The Nashua Telegraph reported today.

Sununu and Shaheen spent a combined $16.7 million and national parties spent an additional $5 million on television ads on WMUR.

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Mon, 12/08/2008 - 10:43

Merrill says Sununu will improve fund-raising efforts

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

The chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Finance Committee said that former Gov. John H. Sununu's decision to run for party chairman will improve the fund-raising efforts of the state party.

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Mon, 11/17/2008 - 13:48

Final numbers show Kenney's uphill battle

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

As soon as he entered the gubernatorial race, state Sen. Joe Kenney (R-Wakefield) faced an uphill battle against Gov. John Lynch (D-Hopkinton) and recent financial filings highlight that challenge.

According to reports filed with the secretary of state, Kenney raised $39,825 for his campaign. Kenney spent $28,956, leaving his political action committee with a surplus of $10,867.

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Fri, 11/14/2008 - 17:35

State senate candidates collectively spend over $1.5 million

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Candidates running for the New Hampshire state Senate spent over $1.5 million in the latest election.

According to the latest financial filings, Republican candidates spent a total of $505,497.45 and Democratic candidates spent a total of $1,070,961.69.

However, the tally does not include some candidates whose numbers have not yet been posted by the secretary of state. This list will be updated once those numbers have been posted.

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Fri, 11/14/2008 - 15:59

Senate PACs report final numbers

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

A review of the major parties' state Senate political action committees show that the senate Democratic PAC outraised, and outspend, its Republican opponents.

Despite raising more money than the Republicans, the Democrats did not gain any seats in the state Senate and maintained their current majority of 14-10.

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Fri, 11/14/2008 - 15:37

House PACs report 2008 numbers

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

In the last election cycle, the major party House PACs spent almost the same amount of money, despite the Democrats raising more money than the Republican PAC.

The Committee to Elect House Democrats spent $88, 479 over the election cycle, while it raised $116,527. Meanwhile, the House Republican Victory PAC spent $82,025 and raised $95, 154.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 09:46

State Dems in healthy financial position

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

The latest financial reports filed with the secretary of state's office show that the state Democratic committees have a significant financial advantage over their Republican opponents.

The New Hampshire State Democratic Caucus has $89,073 left for the remaining days of the campaign, while the Senate Republican Victory PAC has $10,895 remaining in its account.

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 15:56

What they have left in the bank

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Yesterday was the deadline for candidates to submit their latest fundraising numbers and cash-on-hand totals. Below, you will find a list of how much money candidates have left to spend in the remaining days of the campaign. Candidates who do not spend or raise more than $500 do not have to submit a report to the Secretary of State office.  Also, between now and Election Day, any candidate or political action committee that spends more than $500 is required to notify the Secretary of State office within 24 hours.

 

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