Not sure how much you guys are into numbers, but I dumped the latest FEC aggregated itemized donations lists into Excel and did some sorting.
Here are Democrat Fran Kratovil's numbers
Here are Republican Andy Harris' numbers
And some interesting stuff came to light as to who's actually financing each campaign.
LASTEST FEC report for itemized donations (accessed 10/24/08)
FRANK KRATOVIL:
98 out-of-state itemized donors
$77,325 in itemized out-of-state donations.
1,351 in-state donors
$610,495 in itemized in-state donations.
93% of all itemized Kratovil donors are in-state.
89% of all itemized Kratovil donations are in-state.
This does not count $1 million in TV ad buys by the DCCC separate from the Kratovil campaign.
ADNY HARRIS:
1,408 itemized out-of-state donors
Of those, 315 itemized out-of-state donations earmarked through Club for Growth
$1,078,414 in itemized out-of-state donations.
2,808 itemized in-state donors
Of those, 269 were earmarked through Club for Growth
$908,003 in in-state itemized donations.
585 total donations earmarked through Club for Growth for a total of $307,473.
33% of all itemized Harris donors are out-of-state.
54% of all itemized Harris donations are out-of-state. Last time I checked, that's more than half.
This does not include more than $300,000 in direct TV ad buys from Club for Growth separate from the Harris campaign.
Andy Harris is saying the Washington PACs (in the form of the DCCC, I suppose) are trying to buy this election for the Dems. And the DCCC has reserved $1 million in airtime.
But it's one thing for the national political party to help a candidate. When a group like Club for Growth enters, it's usually a sign that things are gonna get nastier. AND THEY HAVE. They took a newspaper article about a candidate debate and used a quote in an ad to try and show that Kratovil said the financial crisis had been "solved". Only problem? Frank never said it, and the newspaper corrected the error.
"For a week now the Harris campaign has been propagating a flat-out lie," Lawlor said. "There's no way to sugarcoat this: Andy Harris is knowingly and intentionally lying to the people he hopes to represent."
The numbers show that Frank Kratovil's campaign is being driven by the people of Maryland - 9 in 10 donations come from right here in MD. Let's show Club For Growth that Congressional seats can't be bought. Frank Kratovil's Red to Blue page is here.