Paula Hawks’ campaign finance report is in, showing $87k raised, $41k spent, and $116k Cash on Hand.
That’s respectable for a PUC race. Congress? Meh. It shows she’s about $200,000 off pace from Kristi Noem for fundraising, and a million low for cash on hand.
Apparently all her banking connections from her time at Metabank were all for naught.
Better than I expected.
This isn’t great but it at least shows some effort. As opposed to Jay Williams who obviously hasn’t even mailed a fundraising letter.
Q1 2012 Varilek raised $170k and had $235k in the bank.
Q1 2014 Corinna Robinson (remember her?) raised nearly $70k.
So Hawks is getting crushed in comparison to a failed candidate from 4 years ago. And she’s basically tying the effort of Corinna Robinson.
If this isn’t a failure I’m not sure what else to call it.
Both of the House candidates are burning a big chunk of what they raise. 40%+
I did not know the prosperity gospel applied to House races.