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[FL] Rep. Harris lent $250,000 to sagging Senate bid in Fla.
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jan 11, 2006 01:18am |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 11, 2006 07:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Peter Savodnik
Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) lent $250,000 of her own money late last year to her sagging Senate campaign, a Republican familiar with campaign operations said.
The congresswoman is expected to announce next week that she raised roughly $1 million in the final quarter of 2005, said former Florida GOP Executive Director Geoffrey Becker. That total will include Harris’s personal contribution.
Many other Florida Republicans confirmed the $1 million fundraising figure but declined to speak publicly about the Harris campaign.
How much cash Harris has in her campaign coffers will have a direct impact on her ability to wage a competitive race, according to Becker.
Campaign spokeswoman Morgan Dobbs would say only that the campaign is extremely pleased with its support and that it exceeded its fundraising goal for the quarter. Campaign consultant Ed Rollins said the campaign’s financial outlook has improved.
“If her cash on hand is below a million dollars, if it’s anywhere in that neighborhood, that’s just not good news,” said Becker, who now runs a GOP consulting firm, Vantage Point Strategies, in Tallahassee. “Florida is simply too expensive, and she’s got too much work to do. She’s got a lot of image building and image rebuilding to do to get to a general-election competitiveness.” |
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