2008 Speaking of Donating to Burner.
posted by on September 5 at 10:52 AM
As Eli just Slogged: The press release went out this morning from the Rodney Tom camp. He’s dropping out of the Democratic primary against Darcy Burner.
Tom, a former GOP state House Rep turned D state Senator, threw in the towel after his Democratic rival Darcy Burner, a former Microsoft exec, raised $125,000 over three days in a “counterfundraiser” (as Eli reported last week.) The Burner fundraiser coincided with President Bush’s Bellevue visit last week on a fundraising jag for the GOP incumbent Rep. Reichert.
I spoke with Tom’s campaign team this morning and they say Tom just couldn’t compete with Burner on the money front. Tom consultant John Wyble said while Tom had raised $100,000 in just the last month, Burner’s $125,000 in three days from hundreds of small donors (that she could simply go back to) was overwhelming.
Tom was done.
I can’t say I’m surprised. On the Stranger News Hour last Saturday, host David Goldstein asked me—an acknowledged Rodney Tom suitor— about the Burner fundraiser, and I said the big loser wasn’t Reichert, but Tom. It seemed a bit of a death knell for his bid.
Do we know an exact number for Tom's fund raising? $100K seems like to round a number. Since he will be refunding we may never see a report with an official number.
Rodney should have run against Jane Hague.
Damn straight, tiptoe tommy. That is, if he lives in Council District 6.
for the love of God, Burner is not a former Microsoft EXECUTIVE. She was one of thousands of 'managers' at Microsoft.
Do your research.
Darcy seemed pretty happy about recent events this evening.
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