News and notes Ā šŗ The former governor trumpeted the first fundraising haul of his new campaign.
ā Former Gov. Paul LePage raised $550,000 just under two months into his campaign against U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd District, the challenger's campaign said Wednesday. It did not release cash on hand ahead of the July 15 deadline to report to the Federal Election Commission.
ā This is over the $500,000 benchmark that I set for his campaignĀ in this newsletter. Former Rep. Bruce Poliquin raised $880,000 in his opening quarter when he faced Golden inĀ 2021, although that came three months closer to Election Day.
ā Team LePage compared his haul favorably to Golden's in the first quarter of this year. But Golden raised $820,000 in the second quarter and has $1 million on hand, making for a large head start on the former governor.
ā Campaigns and donors care about the fundraising gaps between candidates, but they don't matter a ton at this early stage. These guys are in one of the biggest races on the House map, and chances are thatĀ they will have the money and air support to run strong campaigns. |