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Rivals dash for cash - Ritter catching up; Beauprez's total still $100,000 more
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| Last Edited | RP Jul 18, 2006 02:46pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Rocky Mountain News |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 18, 2006 08:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The race for the Colorado governorship has developed an unexpected dynamic, with Democrat Bill Ritter outpacing Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez in fundraising, most recently by a 2-1 ratio.
While Beauprez still has a slight lead in overall fundraising, Ritter has established a formidable base of financial support. This has surprised many observers, who assumed an incumbent Republican congressman would have an advantage over a former Denver district attorney.
"Ritter is not the dream candidate for significant fundraising," said Denver pollster Floyd Ciruli. "He doesn't come from the business community, and he's probably never raised more than $150,000. He's an improbable candidate to be at $2 million."
In the first two weeks of July, Ritter raised $121,000 while Beauprez took in $57,279. Ritter has been out-raising Beauprez since the beginning of the year.
But Beauprez started out stronger. Since the campaign began, Beauprez has raised $2.1 million to Ritter's $2 million.
"The Republican business community has become alienated from the Republican base over fiscal matters," said Ciruli. |
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