Monday, July 10, 2006

Malloy Leads Gubernatorial Fundraising

The fundraising numbers for Q2, according to each campaign:

Dan Malloy: $650,000 (approx.) - $1.3 million on hand
Jodi Rell: $641,226.25 - $1.74 million on hand
John DeStefano: $340,002 - $1.25 million on hand

Wow.

12 comments:

David said...

Go Dan! He's got the momentum and will take the primary.

Anonymous said...

I wish DM would spend some of it - I haven't seen any TV commercials yet - what is he waiting for?

Genghis Conn said...

Actually, I just received word today that Malloy has released his first commercial. Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4hcZz9GJs0

The dialogue:

Dan's Voice: "Lost jobs, expensive health care... People in Connecticut are struggling.



"I know something about that.



"With help from my Mom, Dad and teachers I overcame severe learning disabilities, to go on to law school and become a prosecutor.



"And, as mayor of Stamford, for the last 11 years I've turned my home town into one of the 10 best places to live in the country.



"So when people ask me if we can make Connecticut a better place to live, I tell them, 'I'm not worried, I've been overcoming obstacles all my life... and I've gotten pretty good at it.'"

Anonymous said...

Nice ad - it gives you some feeling for who he really is - a nice guy who gets the job done. A refreshing change from some of the over the top negative ads that have taken over politics (not just in CT) But he needs to follow this ad up with an ad that focuses on his positions. I agree with HCNow, he waited too long to get on TV.

Anonymous said...

That was a good spot for DM. I do agree with B-Rube that the gold coast is driving the boat.

Lamont and Malloy are trying to provide the country-clubbers the access and influence in Washington and Hartford that they so lack and do crave.

And I agree with B-Rube that JDS will win. But this contest is in the "if a Democrat falls in the August primary and nobody hears it" category.

The reality is that in a state with about 1 in 4 Republican registration, Democrats will have lost the gube in CT in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, and yet again... Do hold out hope for 2010, when it appears the field will be pretty well open.

Speaking of the great John M. Bailey. If he were indeed to suddenly grace us today, he'd say "You're focused on this Lamont thing? Jiminy Christmas- why in the world are you focused on that when you can't get your act together in the corner office at the Statehouse!"

Chris Dodd, call your office. Run in 2010- you'll never be majority leader, you'll never be President. Come home, travel less.

And one last thing. Gary Franks had the best music in his ads, didn't he?

Anonymous said...

In thirty days Rell will have $2M COH and the winner of the D primary will be on fumes

Anonymous said...

I'm no lawyer (but I have worked on campaigns), but it looks like both Destefano and Molloy may have run afoul of campaign finance law. Both of them took contributions from their respective LG candidates. The law is pretty clear:

"(a) A candidate committee shall not make contributions to, or for the benefit of, ... (5) another candidate committee except that ... (B) after a political party nominates candidates for election to the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, whose names shall be so placed on the ballot in the election that an elector will cast a single vote for both candidates, as prescribed in section 9-181, an expenditure by a candidate committee established by either such candidate that benefits the candidate committee established by the other such candidate shall be permitted." The section is 9-333r.

Right now, either Destefano or Molloy could win, and the other's LG candidate could win. Since the primary doesn't involve a single vote, I don't see how they can take the money from the other candidate committees. Right now, the Democratic party has endorsed a candidate, but hasn't completed the nomination process.

I could be missing something, and would be happy to be corrected.

Anonymous said...

Ahem...Rell's fundraising is on fumes. This quarter's showing can't be spun as anything other than an utter failure. The last republican who won the governor's office having raised less than Rell at this point was Tom Meskill.

Don't feed us the line on "we're not taking lobbyist dollars." You can blame it on zero appeal among bigtime donors, a self-righteous/holier-than-thou attitude, or a bumbling and inexperienced fundraising crew. If you can't kick-ass in fundraising with an 80% approval rating in your first quarter and a 70% approval rating in the second quarter, then how's Rell going to do as the campaign rolls on and her approval rating continues to dip?

Any way you slice it, this is just another showing of the Rell campaign's bungling--her campaign manager is brokering deals between government officials, her chief-of-staff is handling the fundraising, her approval is sky high and she's losing the fundraising battle to a candidate who has been running for over a year and is involved in an intraparty fight. So much for her crack political team.

Anonymous said...

TG: I appreciate your insight and posts, so I'll try not to sound too much like BR when I say you obviously don't have much experience around campaigns. No matter what office you run for, you always raise funds early. Always. But go ahead and try peddle the "Jodi isn't really trying hard to raise money now because she wants to raise it in the fall" line...don't think you'll find too many buyers.

Anonymous said...

not to mention that malloy and destef are drawing from the same pot. rell should be free and clear among her folks...unless there's another republican running for governor.

Anonymous said...

Well If John DeStefano had picked Audrey Blondin instead of The West Hartford Mayor Scott Slifka Maybe he would of won the primary.I am so sick of hearing about them morons in West Hartford especially that Woman Town Chairman who needs to go away and get a life.West Hartford Democrats think the world revolves around them NEWSFLASH There are 168 other towns in Connecticut.

Mary Glassman will be a Great Lt Governor for Connecticut while Scotty Slifka will have to be satisfied to be West Hartford's Ceremonial Mayor.

Anonymous said...

I am helping to organize Stratford for Malloy and I guarantee he will
take Stratford. Dan has other surprises coming. Stay tuned.

John E. Fahan
Fmr. Rep City of Stamford (D-6)