Casten outraises Roskam two-to-one
Thursday, Oct 4, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Buried deep within a Sun-Times story is a choice little nugget…
Third-quarter fundraising totals will be released by the FEC in mid-October. On Wednesday, Casten’s campaign said he raised $2.6 million, compared to Roskam’s campaign haul of $1.3 million.
Wow. You’d think a member of the House Ways and Means Committee in a tough reelection fight would raise a lot more money than that.
* But, he may not need it as much as Casten does…
Roskam had more money in the bank at the end of the summer, reporting $2,337,558 to $646,750 for Casten.
* Then again…
The House Majority PAC aligned with U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is pouring more money into the suburbs’ two pivotal Congressional campaigns in an effort to flip two Republican-controlled districts. […]
And the same group is spending about $1.9 million for a new commercial targeting U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam in the neighboring 6th District, where Democrat Sean Casten is challenging the incumbent in an expensive duel drawing significant national attention. […]
The DCCC spent nearly $400,000 on advertising in the last two weeks of September. The [Congressional Leadership Fund, backed by Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan] spent about $214,000 during the same period. The Casten campaign also benefited from about $75,000 in spending by Planned Parenthood Votes.
* And in another hot race…
* Related…
* Roskam, Casten disagree on lifting payroll tax cap for Social Security: Casten says solving the Social Security problem will require lifting the payroll tax cap on income that is levied to support the program. The cap now stands at $128,400. Roskam says that change would hurt many 6th District taxpayers, who are far from extravagantly wealthy, and could harm entrepreneurs the most. He says the move would simply be a tax increase, and “a bad idea” at that.
- Duopoly - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 10:25 am:
= Casten’s campaign said he raised $2.6 million, compared to Roskam’s campaign haul of $1.3 million. =
This doesn’t count dark money supporting Roskam though.
- You could say that, I couldn't - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 10:40 am:
I’m still uneasy about those NYT live interactive polls. Isn’t there a rule in science about how observing the test can affect the results? I know that’s about quantum physics, but I have a similar unease about surveys.
- Precinct Captain - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 10:54 am:
Between the new yachts and the new jets, there’s just not that much for Roskam’s corrupt cronies to give to him.
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 11:48 am:
Cassen’s entire business history is filled with magical self-enrichment, so what’s the surprise?
- DC - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 11:51 am:
I have “watched” a couple of those NYT polls as the calls are being made. What I don’t understand is why they don’t start calling until about 8PM? That’s too late.
- Texas Red - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 11:55 am:
Isn’t there a rule in science about how observing the test can affect the results?
yep these poll respondents are likely influenced by both Observers paradox and the
Hawthorne effect.
- JackD - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 1:13 pm:
The real issue in that race isn’t who can raise the most money; it’s who can get the most votes. Casten’s fund raising is allowing him to be competitive so there’s an actual debate in the district.
- Archpundit - Thursday, Oct 4, 18 @ 1:57 pm:
===. Isn’t there a rule in science about how observing the test can affect the results?
In this case, the number of obsessive political people who are watching the polling is too small to matter. You have to remember that by being on this web site, you are already weird for your level of interest in politics. That’s not a bad thing I keep telling myself.