Gibson's second-quarter numbers in NY-20
| Chris Gibson, the Republican congressional hopeful going after Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy in NY-20, is reporting nearly $500,000 raised in the second quarter for his campaign, a source familiar with the filing tells me.
The source siad the $483,179 was raised from 1,530 donations, 90 percent of them individual donors and 10 percent organizations and PACS. Nearly a quarter of the contributions were under $250, the source said, and 87 percent overall were from inside the bounds of New York State. It wasn’t immediately clear what the breakdown is for pre-general versus post-general. Still, it’s a hefty quarter during a period where Democrats, as has been widely reported, struggled to raise for the upcoming congressional races in New York City. The Murphy seat is one of the House races that national Republicans are closely eyeing. Murphy won his seat in a special election after Kirsten Gillbrand was appointed to the U.S. Senate, but he is among the Democrats endanged by votes on health care legislation. UPDATE: An aide to Gibson, who entered the race in March, said he’s got $504,000 in cash-on-hand. His team said he’s basically only been raising this quarter. |