Just over $22,000, with $16,400 on hand. $4500 in personal loans from Peter to the campaign.
I’m not sure what Peter’s goal is and what his timeline is, but as a start-up quarter it’s just sort of a start-up quarter. Nothing sticks out in the report as especially interesting. He has hired Mia Phifer for fundraising and campaign work. She was previously a consultant to Carol Moseley Braun and Finance Director to Lauren Beth Gash in IL-10 which was a high dollar race.
Dosen’t seem like he is trying to hard. You would think someone who wanted to be a congressman would be able to get $50,000 or $100,000 together himself instead of waiting for the establishment people to get it for him.
I think there are two things here–first, it’s the first quarter. Often the first quarter is not that great.
Second, I think the notion that he’s the establishment guy are overblown. While I certainly think there’s resistance to Christine, It’s not clear to me that he’s automatically got the establishment support.