The color of money
The candidates in the Oregon primary elections have filed their reports on how much they've raised so far for their campaigns.
The numbers in the City of Portland municipal races can be found starting here; the State of Oregon reports don't seem to be up yet, but they're probably going to be less interesting.
Check out Jim Francesconi. $851,000 raised so far, and still going.
More interesting would be who are the donors behind those numbers. Apparently that's still forthcoming as well.
UPDATE, 4/13, 5:08 am: b!X has thrown out a thoughtful challenge to candidate Francesconi. Since the latter has come out for complete, instant "transparency" in campaign finance around here, why can't his campaign immediately post on the 'net a list of all his donors and amounts? C'mon, Commissioner, you've still got north of $300K in the bank. How about dropping a few thou to a bright young computer wiz and getting that list up and running right away? You are in a great position to lead by example.
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Comments (5)
To any relatively old-timer Portlanders out there: can you remember the quantities of money that Bud Clark raised in his campaign when he took on the Evil Empire of Frank Ivancie?? I can remember Billboards for Bud, but I was only about 14 years old. I do distinctly remember Bud's campaign as being centered around him personally connecting via ringing door bells.
Posted by hilsy | April 12, 2004 9:11 PM
I vaguely recall that Uncle Frank raised about 3x as much money as Bud Clark did, and that most of Clark's money didn't come in until late in the race, when people began to think that he might actually force Ivancie into a runoff. (There were several other candidates who finished well behind Clark and Ivancie, but who collectively won several percent.) The Oldest And Wisest, usually an astute observer, didn't think that Clark would defeat Ivancie until Election Day itself. Ivancie was so confident of winning the election that he didn't bother to organize the usual election night party but holed up in a downtown hotel with 10 or 15 supporters, only to learn that he wouldn't even be in a runoff.
Posted by Isaac Laquedem | April 13, 2004 12:13 AM
Isaac, we can only wish the same fate upon JF. Oh, I guess we can give our $25 to Potter. I was laughing hysterically this morning as I read JF's criticism of Potter regarding fund-raising reports. For a candidate who is bought and paid for by special interests, to criticize someone who allows "bundling" of donations up to $100 is pretty outrageous.
Posted by TimC | April 13, 2004 12:17 PM
Considering that their "bundling" argument was that it was against state law, and considering that I still have found no such state law, then the accusations is more than outrageous, it's ethically corrupt, since that would make it a false charge of illegal activity.
Posted by The One True b!X | April 14, 2004 7:19 AM
Francesconi is shameless.
Posted by Marko | April 17, 2004 11:40 PM