On October 23, 2008, Schauer for Congress filed the Pre-General report with the Federal Election Commission. It covers the period from October 1 to October 15.

	Column A This Period	Column B Election Cycle-To-Date
I. RECEIPTS
11. Contributions (other than loans) From:
(a) Individuals/Persons Other than Political Committees
(i) Itemized	136838.50
(ii) Unitemized	28022.87
(iii) Total Of Contributions From Individuals	164861.37	1329405.89
(b) Political Party Commitees	0.00	0.00
(c) Other Political Committees (such as PACS)	58592.36	631647.23
(d) The Candidate	0.00	0.00
(e) Total Contributions (11(a)(iii) + (b) + (c))	223453.73	1961053.12
12. Transfers From Other Authorized Committees	2923.87	43760.85
13. Loans
(a) Made Or Guaranteed By The Candidate	0.00	0.00
(b) All Other Loans	0.00	0.00
(c) Total Loans ((a) + (b))	0.00	0.00
14. Offsets to Operating Expenditures (Refunds, Rebates, etc)	0.00	0.00
15. Other Receipts	0.00	11772.88
16. Total Receipts (11(e) + 12 + 13(c) + 14 + 15)	226377.60	2016586.85
II. DISBURSEMENTS
17. Operating Expenditures	247338.14	1155383.32
18. Transfers to Other Authorized Committees	100000.00	120000.00
19. Loan Repayments:
(a) Of Loans Made or Guaranteed by the Candidate	0.00	0.00
(b) Of All Other Loans	0.00	0.00
(c) Total Loan Repayments ((a) + (b))	0.00	0.00
20. Refunds of Contributions To:
(a) Individuals/Persons Other Than Political Committees	300.00	5100.00
(b) Political Party Committees	0.00	0.00
(c) Other Political Committees (such as PACs)	0.00	1400.00
(d) Total Contribution Refunds (28(a) + (b) + (c))	300.00	6500.00
21. Other Disbursements	0.00	700.00
22. Total Disbursements (17 + 18 + 19(c) + 20(d) + 21)	347638.14	1282583.32
III. CASH SUMMARY
23. Cash On Hand At Beginning Of Reporting Period	856148.96
24. Total Receipts This Period (line 16)	226377.60	2016586.85
25. Subtotal (23 + 24)	1082526.56
26. Total Disbursements This Period (line 22)	347638.14	1282583.32
27. Cash On Hand At Close Of The Reporting Period (25 - 26)	734888.42

In the fifteen-day period covered by the report, Mark Schauer raised $223,453.73, plus almost $3,000 transferred from the joint committee with 9th District Democrat Gary Peters. Of the contributions he received, $164,861.37 came from individual donors, or about 74 percent. The Schauer campaign raised a total of $2,016,586.85 for the entire cycle up to that date.

The Schauer for Congress committee also spent $347,638.14 in that period, including a $101,409.82 media buy and a $100,000.00 transfer to the Michigan Democratic Party.

As a result of these expenditures, the Schauer campaign's cash-on-hand as of October 15 was $734,888.42.

Chris Gautz at the Jackson Citizen Patriot picked out some significant contributors during this filing period. It's interesting reading.

The total dollar amount raised for every Democratic nominee in the 7th District since the 2002 cycle (when the current boundaries were adopted) and prior to 2008 is $115,718. That is, the total amount of money raised for the 2002, 2004, and 2006 nominees was $115,718. In 15 days, Mark Schauer raised almost twice that, and for the whole cycle, has raised raised that more than 17 times over.

Labels: 2008 Election, Fundraising, Mark Schauer