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| Last Edited | Craverguy Apr 20, 2011 10:35am |
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| Author | Mark K. Matthews |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 19, 2011 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON -- Freshman U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, raised just $30,000 in campaign contributions so far this year -- ranking him near the bottom of his congressional freshman class and less even than the amount raised by the man he defeated last November.
Alan Grayson, the one-term Orlando Democrat whom Webster thrashed last fall, raised roughly $37,000 in the same three-month period, on the strength of a handful of fiery emails sent to liberals around the country.
Webster's tiny total, which the National Journal said among the worst of the 94 House freshmen, recalled the recurring criticism in 2010, that Webster couldn't raise enough money to be competitive with Grayson.
And in fact, he was outraised about 2.5-to-1 during the 2010 campaign, as Grayson pulled in $4.5 million to Webster's roughly $1.8 million. (Webster also benefitted from more than $1 million in spending by outside groups.)
Money may be hugely important in 2012, when congressional redistricting could produce a more Orlando-centric district that's significantly more Democratic than Webster's current district, which runs from Osceola though western Orange and eastern Lake counties to Marion County.
But Webster said he wasn't worried and that "when the time comes" he would raise the necessary funds.
"I'm not concerned," he added. "I was elected to Congress to be a congressman, and I didn't feel like going there and starting to hound people for money."
About half of Webster's fundraising total, or $17,500, came from political action committees, including $1,000 from the resort firm Wyndham Worldwide and $1,000 from Lockheed Martin, with the rest coming from supporters in Central Florida. |
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