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Slow financial start for Rooney’s challenger; Klein foe West tops $281k in quarter

by George Bennett | October 15th, 2009

Democratic St. Lucie County Commissioner Chris Craft’s challenge of freshman U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, is off to a slow financial start.

Craft, who entered the race in early August, raised $61,605 through Sept. 30, according to a report filed today. His campaign ended the quarter with $51,546 in the bank. Rooney raised $114,655 during the quarter and has $247,416 on hand.

Congressional money-raising reports are due by midnight tonight.

Republican Allen West, who’s challenging U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, raised $281,508 during the quarter and has $257,416 on hand. Klein’s report has not yet been filed. He began the quarter with nearly $2 million in the bank.

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2 Responses to “Slow financial start for Rooney’s challenger; Klein foe West tops $281k in quarter”

  1. Ron Klein Says:

    Crap. Allen had another great quarter.

  2. I think not Says:

    Let me see approximately 300,000 to 2 million. I have a pretty good feeling that Ron Klein is winning very big.

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