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[FL Rep] Harris campaign’s fundraising faulted for being too narrow
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Dec 23, 2005 11:40am |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 15, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Bob Cusack
The Senate campaign of Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) is becoming increasingly beleaguered because of poor fundraising at the national level, according to some Republican officials.
Far from using the fourth quarter to turn around the dismal results for money raised in the second and third quarters, the campaign is already indicating in advance of the Dec. 31 reporting date that 2005 will end on a sour note for Harris, according to a well-placed source.
The second-term congresswoman’s weak fundraising figures are at the heart of what has gone wrong for the former Florida secretary of state who played a major role in the 2000 presidential race. In July, an official affiliated with the campaign said Harris was seeking to raise $15 million to $20 million.
When her fundraising raised eyebrows in the second quarter, the campaign explained it had not yet shifted into high gear. At the end of September, Harris had raised $1.3 million and had only $470,000 cash on hand. The campaign said those numbers were low because of hurricanes that had recently struck Florida.
The fourth quarter is not going well, either.
A source close to the campaign said, “The quarter has been slow. People will not be jumping up and down when they see the figures.” |
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