Shantel Krebs for Congress takes hit in 2017 4th Quarter FEC Report – $77K raised. $27K Spent, $362k Cash on hand.

Pat Powers

Shantel Krebs has filed her 4th Quarter FEC Report for 2017, and after narrowly winning the cash race in the previous two quarters, it appears that she’s slowing down greatly in the fundraising race.

Krebs 2017 Q4 FEC Report by Pat Powers on Scribd

Krebs took a hit in the fundraising, only raising $77,510.69, spending $26,761.69, and leaving her with $361,619.61 cash on hand. For Krebs, that marks a significant drop from the $133K and $131K she raised in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, and is noticeable with not breaking $100K for the quarter.

Comparing that to her competitors, Dusty Johnson, who had $116,715 raised, expenditures of $43,131, and $424,277 in pocket, that marks a $40,000 deficit of money raised in comparison, and an over $62,000 difference of what they have in the bank.

Democrat Tim Bjorkman reported $56k raised, $36k spent and $116k cash on hand, leaving him trailing behind Krebs by $20K in fundraising.

Stay tuned.

45 thoughts on “Shantel Krebs for Congress takes hit in 2017 4th Quarter FEC Report – $77K raised. $27K Spent, $362k Cash on hand.”

  2. Could Shantel drop out of the race for Congress and just use these funds to run for re-election for SOS?

    1. I believe she can as Federal dollars are thought to be more strictly regulated…you can go from fed to state but NOT from state to Fed

      1. This bodes ugly for that fellow who wants to be SOS then, for as Ms. Krebs slowly crumbles her campaign through her paranoia and shallowness, you know she is thinking about another turn at keeping her little kingdom where she can continue to lash out at all past State Secretaries in weekly rants.

  3. I figured her fundraising numbers were down as she was not talking about it.

    Frankly I haven’t seen much out of her.

    Is Barnett raising money? he should be to dissuade her from running back to the sec of state race.

    She is fading fast.

  4. WE’RE DOING AWESOME IN THE YANKTON NEWSPAPER ON-LINE POLL!

    …. just never mind we tanked at raising money, and now someone else just got in the race whose going to take half of my voters…

  6. This SD House race is going to be closer than anyone running wants it to be. Three outstanding South Dakotans running for one job. We are more than blessed.

    2. I disagree, Shantel and Tapio have the same base and will spit what Dusty doesn’t pick up. Tapio has no experience running a statewide campaign and Shantel is paying consultants $$$$ to run her campaign. Dusty is a veteran campaigner and has an army of volunteers working on grassroots. I think we’ll see a separation with a clear leader very soon.

    1. I agree with you Charlie. Tapio is acting like a bigot. Embarrassing for republicans and SD.

  8. “Getting it Done” …..I thought that was her moddo or something.

    Well she “Got it done” but a day late deadline wise.

  9. Late filing this report is a rookie move. Our state elections officer should know better.

  12. Krebs should drop out and use the contributions to run for re-election as Secretary of State. She’s done a terrific job, but I don’t think she can beat Dusty.

    1. I’ve heard she would make a great LG pick for Jackley but I also think she is probably winning the house race.

      Who would Noem pick for LG?

      1. I heard Jackley offered it to her early on and she said no and ran for Congress instead….

        Not sure who is on Jackleys short list now

        Steve Westra and Larry Rhoden at clearly on Noems short list and both are solid picks

  13. Her petition carriers at BH Stock Show are argumentative and obnoxious too. She needs to have a better handle on the people she hires. Real turnoff.

    1. Ms. Krebs is argumentative and obnoxious. It seems appropriate her petitioners are as well. And finely shod.

    2. I think the need to have paid petitioners is very telling. To me you should have enough passionate grassroots support to have volunteers out there.

  14. Tapio got into the race not a minute too soon. Shantel is a quickly
    Imploding. With Neal in the race, I’m ready to go to work.

  15. One report and minds start to explode. Lots of candidates have won with less raised than their opponents.

    1. Yeah, but not after they lost their campaign manager, and were forced to pay people to circulate petitions because there is no campaign organization. Let’s not forget that other guy who jumped into the race who is stealing her supporters.

  16. She still has $362k on hand. Enough to make her competitive…I am looking to see what message she has & the other 2 I am undecided on this race yet and willing to listen.

    1. $362k will make her competitive? Maybe if she’s running for Secretary of State or PUC against a Democrat. She’s heavy with expensive out-of-state consultants, but has no campaign organization.

      Pretty soon they’re going to tell her to have a press conference with spray painted profanity all over her campaign signs.

      All those out-of-state consultants did an awesome job for getting Annette Bosworth attention. But none of the money spent on them translated into votes.

    2. Let’s see the TV ads. I don’t know anyone who knows who Tapio is. I know very few who know Dusty Johnson. It’s a wide open race in my opinion.

      No one is paying attention or knows Noem is running for governor.

      1. That is true. You could ask 100 people who is running for Congress and governor, and maybe 3 to 5% might know.

  17. Why did she hire petition circulators? I’ve heard that they are young and very unprofessional. Not the image you want to project coming from the campaign.

  18. Anonymous, February 2, 2018 at 7:04 am:

    “. . . Let’s not forget that other guy who jumped into the race who is stealing her supporters.”

    If this is true, “that other guy” must not have had any supporters in Sioux Falls since there was maybe twenty supporters (other ten were media or observers like me) at his SIoux Falls announcement. And, a small percentage of her supporters as she is from here.

    At the end of the day, it is early and what we have is the early score. Dusty has talked to more people, spoken out in the media on more issues, appears to have an intact ground game, raised the most money, and has the most money in the bank. Whether it results in a victory or not, we will find out in just four months.

  19. American Peanut Shellers PAC – $1,000, Peanut Buying Points PAC – $1,000, Peanut PAC of Alabama – $1,000. Last I heard peanuts are a huge part of South Dakota’s ag economy… It would be interesting to know the back story on these contributions.

  20. If she decides to stay at the Secretary of State’s office she will win hands down. Steve Barnett should have a backup plan.

    1. I don’t know about that Barnett has raised a good chunk of money and she will likely but through most of hers in this primary.

  21. Rapid City resident Neil Tapio is off the races in the congressional race with attacks against Shantel and Dusty. Going to be an interesting primary.

  22. Hard to get excited about a candidate that can’t raise money and has to hire petition circulators. I didn’t donate money so you could hire someone to circulate petitions because you’re too lazy to organize grassroots supporters to do the work:(

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