13 February 2008

Election 2008 Shorts (Corrected)

PRESIDENT: The Associate Press reports that the White House candidates "spent more than $90,000 in West Virginia during the last quarter of 2007, without any of them setting foot in the Mountain State." Mitt Romney forked out the most, $30,084, as he and other GOP hopefuls geared up for the Feb. 5 convention.

CONGRESS: U.S. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., had a commanding $3.7 million in the bank as of Jan. 1, according to his latest federal report. AP has details and also offers on-hand totals for the rest of the delegation on the 2008 ballot:

  • Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-1st: ; $69,737 (corrected);
  • Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-2nd: $643,865;
  • Rep. Nick Rahall, D-3d: $1.2 million (corrected).
Mollohan is unopposed. Rahall and Capito's opponents did not file reports, or entered the race after they were due. The reports also show that state Sen. John Unger, D-Berkeley, raised $221,000 before dropping his bid to challenge Capito last month.

2 comments:

Kevin Baker said...

You have Mollohan and Rahall mixed up on your list. Rahall is the one with the huge amount of cash on hand. It's funny too, because the people I talk to say that he has no interest at all in running for the Senate. Not sure how he will ever spend all that money...maybe donate it to other campaigns over time?

Lawrence Messina said...

Thanks for catching that. I've corrected the post.