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[MELISSA] BEAN CHARGES INTO 2006 WITH STRONG RECORD AND $1.8 MILLION RAISED
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News Date | Monday, January 30, 2006 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | U.S. Congresswoman Melissa Bean ended her first year in office in such a strong financial and political position that national political analysts believe she is favored for re-election and even many Republicans have expressed their belief that opposing her is a daunting challenge hardly worth pursuing.
By the end of 2005, Bean had raised over $1.8 million for her 2006 re-election campaign, including approximately $350,000 she raised during the fourth quarter. She closed out the year with nearly $1.4 million cash on hand. As usual, most of Bean?s funds came from individuals. About 65% of her total raised came in the form of individual donations, with the remainder received from PACs and the campaign committees of other members of Congress. In terms of actual contributions, about 95% came from individual donors. So far, nearly 6,500 individuals have contributed to Bean?s campaign, with the average individual contribution amounting to $149.
As a result of Bean?s fundraising success and strong record of accomplishments during her first year, political analysts and some local Republicans have acknowledged that she is a formidable opponent and likely to be re-elected.
In declining to challenge Bean himself, Republican State Rep. Mark Beaubien noted that, "She is going to be very difficult to beat? She is a very, very, very hard worker. She is here every weekend." (Chicago Sun-Times, 8/16/05). Even House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) offered "a blunt assessment," and said it will not be easy to defeat Bean (Chicago Sun-Times, 2/17/05).
On November 28, the non-partisan national political journal, Congressional Quarterly, rated the Eighth District race as "LEANS DEMOCRATIC," despite efforts by some to label it as a "top target" of the National Republican Congressional Committee. |
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