State Representative Taffy Howard might be on pace to run for a mid-level constitutional office, but she’s getting her butt kicked in the fundraising battle as she attempts to look like a serious candidate for Congress:
Taffy Howard 2021 EOY FEC Report by Pat Powers on Scribd
Who sent her money? A number of current/former legislators sent her a check, including Former Rep. Blaine Campbell, Former Rep. Gordon Howie, Rep. Phil Jensen’s wife Janet, & Rep. Liz May. Senator Julie Frye-Mueller was in for $1000, while State Rep. Scott Odenbach only kicked her a check for $500, as did Fall River State’s Attorney and former State Rep. Lance Russell. And it appears that Minnehaha County Treasurer Kris Swanson sent Taffy off $500.
But, it wasn’t anywhere near enough to post any gains in the fundraising battle. Howard posted total campaign contributions of $57,526.00, only 2/3 of the $86.5k she raised in the prior quarter.
This is not going in the right direction, especially when you compare it to Dusty Johnson, who just just crushed it with $379k raised, and $2.2 Million in the bank. It seems that some of the same people who donated to the ill-fated campaign of Liz May in the last election are the same ones throwing money at Taffy. Except there are fewer of them.
If anything, it seems that the challenge from the hard-right has energized donations to our current Congressman and accelerated his pace of fundraising.
Nothing new on her spending, where Howard spent $4k a month on her consultants. They’re the only people who seem to be making out in this venture, which is quickly headed south for the winter. Right now, she reports $113,939.28 in the bank.
Hang on for April 15th or so, when we’ll find out if Taffy has been able to get on the ballot, and possibly turn the negative trend around.
Even if she loses she is building a good foundation to run when there is an open seat in 4 years.
She can get in line right behind Liz and Tapio,
Taffy is substantially better than Tapio.
She’s not building a good base for the future. She’s irritating significant portions of the party.
Is it just me or is Kris Swanson a bit of a surprise?
Is she part of the Assman family? Seems like a large % designated to the general election. Her useable cash is pretty thin.
Megan Kool is an Assman. Gotta be pushing 80% from one family.
Seems like a pretty respectable clip given she is running against an incumbent with “the best ground game in politics.” 🙂