Christine O’Donnell’s first quarter FEC report has finally been released, and she is without a doubt the second most successful Republican fundraiser in the state of Delaware, so far. But that ain’t saying much. And yeah, I don’t count that Glenn Urquarhthowthehelldoyouspellhisname guy either. Writing a check to yourself is not fundraising.
So in looking at the report, the figures listed on the summary page on the itemized individual contributions have to be wrong, since it says she raised $50,000, but when you click through to see the itemized list of contributors, it only adds up to $18,400. And when you add in the $3,588 of unitemized individual contributions (I wonder what evil people those dollars are from), you get a total haul of $21,988. The summary says she brought in candidate and committee donations totaling $1770, but that number is not reflected in the total figure, so let’s leave it out for now.
Next, while the space for listing loans and transfers is blank, showing zeros across the board, the Report then lists her Total Receipts (which is contributions plus loans and transfers) as 55,358. Ok. So maybe that individual contribution figure of $50,000 was not incorrect and she just did not properly list all of her contributors, so I went ahead and added back in the $31,600 ($50,000 – $18,400 = $31,600) and the candidate and committee donations figure fo $1,770, and tah dah, we do reach the total receipts figure of $55,358.
So for some reason O’Donnell is hiding the names of contributors whose donations total $35,188 (31,600 + the unitemized individual contributions of $3,588).
Now, in the first quarter, O’Donnell spent $35,619, giving her a cash on hand balance of $19,899 (although if you do actual math, $55,358 – $35,619 = $19,739. But what’s $160 exactly among friends?
But that cash on hand figure is misleading, since the O’Donnell has $23,776 in debts owed, but I assume that she is paying that debt back in installments, and on time of course.
So who are the mystery contributors who donated $31,000?
And the identified contributors are equally interesting. Christine identified a grand total of 15 people. Only 5 of those 15 people reside in Delaware. 4 of the 15 come from Arlington, VA (which probably means the individuals are RNC types or Republican lobbyists). 4 of the 15 reside in Texas, and 2 of those 4 have given amounts that exceed the $2400 limit. Indeed, one individual from Houston, Texas gave $5000.