Politics Million-Dollar Burner
The second quarter of political fundraising ended on Friday, and the campaign of eastside Democrat Darcy Burner tells me that Burner reached her goal of hitting $1 million raised. (The precise number will be in later this week.)
Given all the first-quarter focus on Burner out-fundraising her opponent, freshman Republican Congressman Dave Reichert, the news that Burner’s now hit such a big number for the second quarter will be exciting for people backing her campaign.
However, it’s highly unlikely that Burner’s fundraising outpaced Reichert’s again this quarter, what with Reichert’s recent money-raising visit from President Bush and all. Also, it’s a virtual certainty that Reichert remains far ahead of Burner in the overall fundraising totals. As of May, Reichert had brought in a total of about $1.4 million. (His campaign won’t be releasing his end-of-second-quarter total until mid-July.)
UPDATE:
I spoke to Burner a short time ago, and she tells me she’s getting good marks from the national party for having hit the $1 million goal:
We’re really, really happy. The folks in D.C. are pleasantly stunned that we’ve managed to raise that much — and so much of it is from here. It is again a real demonstration of how excited people are about changing the direction of the country.
Burner says she’ll be focusing less on Reichert’s new fundraising total, when it comes, than on his new cash-on-hand number. Her cash-on-hand number is currently $680,000.
FURTHER UPDATE: I’m told that due to a last-minute surge, Burner’s cash-on-hand number is actually more than $700,000. I’ll do a new post with the precise number when it comes.
Is it all legal?
I already know your answer, Eli, but I invite some auditors to visit the Burner Campaign and confirm that.