BOOM!!!
Democratic Congressional candidate Conor Lamb raised over $3.2 million in the first 52 days of the year, from January 1st through February 21st in his bid to win the special election in the 18th district.
The 21st was the filing deadline for the special election on March 13th.
“I am deeply grateful for the overwhelming grassroots support we continue to generate for this campaign. This grassroots fundraising has enabled us to compete and will enable us to win this special election on March 13th,” Lamb said.
Here’s a little more info:
Lamb’s fundraising advantage has been visible on local television. According to Kantar Media, which tracks ad buys, Lamb’s campaign has run 1,985 ads; Saccone’s has run 345. Both candidates have focused on straight-to-camera voter pitches, with Saccone talking up the GOP’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Lamb pledging to defend Medicare and Social Security from budget cuts. On Tuesday, the Cook Political Report downgraded the race from “leaning” Republican to a “toss-up.”
But when outside groups are added to the mix, the count shows 743 more ads for the Republican than for Lamb. Ending Spending Action Fund, the Congressional Leadership Fund and the National Republican Congressional Committee have all spent seven figures on the race, totaling more than $7 million for Saccone; the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $224,000 on TV ads but has been off the air since last week.
National Democrats have said that Lamb is running a strong race in part by defining himself as an independent Democrat and distancing himself from the party’s Washington leadership. As Lamb says in his latest ads, he would support new leadership for the party over House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
“Conor will have the resources he needs to compete,” Rep. Ben Ray Luján (N.M.), DCCC chairman, said at a mid-February news conference.
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