Governor Larry Rhoden has filed his pre-primary report in the few days left until the primary election. And while it’s nothing to sneeze at, it shows that his campaign could have benefitted by an earlier campaign kickoff:
Larry Rhoden Pre-Primary by Pat Powers
Mustering his other affiliated committees kicking in $159k from his DC PAC (Free American Fund), and the Strong Safe and Free PAC passing along another $114k, Governor Rhoden added another $571,853.09 to his existing total of $511,815 to enable him to spend $914,052.53 on the primary, leaving $169,616,49 for the last 2 weeks of the election.
But compared to Toby Doeden blowing millions from his own pocket, as well as the millions that Dusty Johnson has been able to accumulate over the years, Governor Rhoden’s campaign is quickly running out of cash when at least two of his other opponents can open up the spigot even further.
That poses a problem for our state’s chief executive going into the last weeks of the campaign. If he had announced earlier, and raised more cash, this might have been a different race. But with 2 weeks to go, $170k in the bank might put him at a disadvantage.
Keep watching the airwaves. We’re almost to the finish line.
170 to end this? Good luck Larry, you’ll need it.