Tuesday, July 10, 2007 David Nacht's Second Quarter Fundraising
The "More Fundraising" post was getting ridiculously long with my updates on Nacht's and Berryman's filings, so I've broken the updates off into separate posts.
Here's the detailed summary page for David Nacht:
The full filing is available in PDF format here, but it's 144 pages long, so it'll take me a day or two to digest it. But one quick observation from the summary page: Nacht received all $160,642 from individual contributions, meaning there was no PAC money and no loans made by the candidate himself. In contrast, Tim Walberg's first quarter was one-third individuals (~$45,000) and two-thirds PACs and other committees (~$90,000). For a list of Nacht's individual contributors, click here. Labels: 2008 Election, David Nacht, Fundraising
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By my initial count, it looks like about 61 percent of contributions came from in-state sources, 39 percent out-of-state. In terms of actual dollars, I'm not sure... that'll take more time and a calculator.
Of course, my numbers might be off. Sifting through 344 contributions is mind-numbing work.
When I cruch Nacht's numbers, I come up with the following:
46.7% is from Michigan 21.4% is from California 16.2% is from New York 9.3% is from Massachusetts 33.0% of his contributions are from attorneys, lawyers, or employees of law firms. 13.1% of his contributions are university professors or administrators. Only 16.3% of what I saw was within our Congressional district. I'm not super good on Ann Arbor addresses, so my number may be high, but it definitly is not too low.
let me say that 160K is impressive. I'm working on the Ann Arbor addresses, most look like outside of the 7th. I only see one person in the district outside of Washtenaw and that is his campaign manager who has given $15.00.
The best news is $210,000 for Dems.
Actually, there were 5 contributions from Chelsea, 3 from Dexter, one from Manchester and 3 from Saline.
Coupled with the one from Charlotte, that give Nacht 13 supporters in the district besides Ann Arbor and only 1 outside Washtenaw county.
I'll be very forthright here. David Nacht is the best candidate to face Walberg and he's clearly showing it with not only his fundraising but his traversing of the district. Nacht has been making the rounds in Eaton, Jackson, Hillsdale, Calhoun, etc. throughout the summer as if the election was being held tomorrow. He's giving the hard work that is required and his contributions are and will show that. Honestly, he's the right person for the job and it would be wise for the Democrats in the district to see that and get on board with his campaign.
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The former nominee from the last two elections, Sharon Renier, has proven to be a poor choice and continues to be so. She refuses to raise money - likely can't - isn't politically savvy though she can be personable, and her numbers prove an inevitable loss. Sharon Renier has yet to carry her home county let alone her home township or worse still her home precinct. She needs to use her current name recognition and run for a lesser office - countywide or township - to start and can chase this seat eventually. On the other hand, David Nacht has raised his profile. Well known in the Ann Arbor area he is being introduced now to the other areas. He needs more introductions - help him out. Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom] << Home ArchivesAugust 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 |