Huge Maffei fundraising totals
These are big numbers (from a press release — no link yet):
- A total of more than $1.3 million raised through June 30, 2008;
- A total of more than $470,000 raised from April 1 through June 30, 2008 (put in perspective, the previous record total quarter for Maffei was $369,000 in the last quarter of 2006);
- A total of more than $950,000 cash on hand;
Maffei is also up on the air with ads in Rochester and Syracuse.
Update: These numbers and the fact that the Maffei campaign is the first NYS Democrat running general election ads on television is the lead story on the Crypt at the Politico right now.
[...] There’s more movement in that direction today: afater the Maffei campaign announced its fundraising totals yesterday, Congressional Quarterly just moved NY-25 into the “leans Democrat” category, writing [...]
[...] quarter. I let you know about his cash on hand when I find out. Recall that his Democratic opponent Dan Maffei raised 475K in the quarter and has nearly a million on [...]