Republican state Sen. Peter Roskam, hoping to replace retiring Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), banked nearly $400,000 in his first quarter of fundraising, according to the Roskam campaign.
Roskam?s fundraising total for the three-month period from April 1 through June 30 will put him way ahead of any of his possible rivals for the GOP nomination in the strongly Republican 6th District outside Chicago.
All candidates must file disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission by July 15.
Roskam now has more than $370,000 cash on hand, drawn from approximately 420 donors, including 100 who donated more than $90,000 online ? figures more closely resembling those of a Senate candidate rather than those of a state lawmaker hoping to get elected to the House.
$90,000 on-line? Jeesh, he’s got some good mailing lists for conservative activists. It’ll be interesting to check out the contributions report at the FEC when it goes live.
I’ll handicap this race with Roskam as a clear favorite until we see Pankau offer up a compelling message and some evidence of strong widespread support. Roskam seems to have the network and money for now.
And Dems are happy with that–though we need to funnel a lot of money to the eventual candidate in the 6th.
Not sure what the last two paragraphs mean, but they are interesting given they are in The Hill.
Last year, Cegelis?s campaign did better than expected at the polls, winning more than 44 percent of the vote. That prompted Democrats to take a hard look at the seat, with many saying that Rep. Rahm Emmanuel (D), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), would make the race a priority, given that it?s in his home state of Illinois.
Cegelis is running on a pro-business, results-oriented platform similar to that of Rep. Melissa Bean, the Democrat who beat Crane in one of the biggest upsets of 2004, Democrats familiar with the district say.