The Evansville Courier and Press printed a great article about the 8th District race over the weekend. We are doing to highlight some items below, but the full article is here.
But looking deeper inside the numbers in Federal Election Commission year-end reports, University of Evansville political scientist Robert L. Dion sees reasons for Bucshon to be hopeful.
“He’s raised a respectable amount of money at this point. I mean, $100,000 is nothing to sneeze at,” said Dion, noting that Bucshon became a candidate only four months ago. “You have to get on the radar screen of those donors in the PAC community and show yourself to be a serious, viable candidate. I think he’s met the threshold at this point.”
Also, Bucshon’s demonstrated ability to raise money locally — the majority of his money came from individuals in Evansville and Newburgh ZIP codes — could bode well for him, Dion said.
“If you can’t raise money locally, the national party’s not going to direct money to you from outside,” he said. “This moves (Bucshon) from a sure loser to somebody worth looking at.”
And this gem:
In all, 67 percent of the $464,679 Ellsworth raised in 2009 came from PACs.
But looking deeper inside the numbers in Federal Election Commission year-end reports, University of Evansville political scientist Robert L. Dion sees reasons for Bucshon to be hopeful.
“He’s raised a respectable amount of money at this point. I mean, $100,000 is nothing to sneeze at,” said Dion, noting that Bucshon became a candidate only four months ago. “You have to get on the radar screen of those donors in the PAC community and show yourself to be a serious, viable candidate. I think he’s met the threshold at this point.”
Also, Bucshon’s demonstrated ability to raise money locally — the majority of his money came from individuals in Evansville and Newburgh ZIP codes — could bode well for him, Dion said.
“If you can’t raise money locally, the national party’s not going to direct money to you from outside,” he said. “This moves (Bucshon) from a sure loser to somebody worth looking at.But looking deeper inside the numbers in Federal Election Commission year-end reports, University of Evansville political scientist Robert L. Dion sees reasons for Bucshon to be hopeful.
“He’s raised a respectable amount of money at this point. I mean, $100,000 is nothing to sneeze at,” said Dion, noting that Bucshon became a candidate only four months ago. “You have to get on the radar screen of those donors in the PAC community and show yourself to be a serious, viable candidate. I think he’s met the threshold at this point.”
Also, Bucshon’s demonstrated ability to raise money locally — the majority of his money came from individuals in Evansville and Newburgh ZIP codes — could bode well for him, Dion said.
“If you can’t raise money locally, the national party’s not going to direct money to you from outside,” he said. “This moves (Bucshon) from a sure loser to somebody worth looking at.”
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