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Lavish Republican fundraiser with LeAnn Rimes nets $650
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Last Edited | RP Apr 19, 2011 06:35am |
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Author | Michael Doyle |
News Date | Friday, April 15, 2011 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | A freshman California lawmaker made a big splash but barely broke even at a glitzy and controversial January GOP fundraiser featuring country singer LeAnn Rimes, new campaign filings show.
Celebrity, it seems, comes at a cost.
Rimes and her entourage made out well at the Jan. 4 fundraiser that served as Republican Rep. Jeff Denham's big political debut in Washington. Between assorted fees, flowers, catering and other costs, Denham's special fundraising committee reported spending $212,250 on the Rimes event.
The committee, meanwhile, raised only $212,900 from outside contributors.
Add it all up, and Denham's special committee spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars to net a grand total of $650 in outside contributions.
"It's an industrial-strength waste of money, and the people who gave the money are going to resent it," said Michael Fraioli, a longtime Democratic fundraising expert. |
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