Bryan Townsend has raised $531,644.82 for his Democratic Congressional primary campaign so far, as of the quarterly finance reporting period ending June 30. That tops Sean Barney’s $418,205.04 and Lisa Blunt Rochester’s $353,246.35. Meanwhile in the 2nd Quarter (from April 1 to June 30), Barney outraised Townsend and Rochester $210,307.29 to $175,971.44 and $138,353.98, respectively. Finally, in terms of cash on hand, Lisa Blunt Rochester leads the pack, with $320,257.32 to Barney’s $278,623.81 and Townsend’s $247,633.74. However, Lisa’s lead in Cash on Hand is because she leads in another category: the candidate who has lent the most money to her own campaign. She has donated $178,900 of her own money to her campaign. So really, her actual Cash on Hand minus her loans is $141,357.32.
Here is something interesting from Open Secrets as of the last reporting period (ending March 31): 74% of Barney’s contributions was from donors out of state.
According to Open Secrets, “Candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives typically get the majority of their campaign dollars from donors within their home state.”
I will be curious to see if this trend continued in Barney’s 2Q fundraising.