Senate Republicans Stockpiling Cash
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- October
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Campaign finance reports are slowing coming in this afternoon on state Senate races, and NYPIRG guru Bill Mahoney is keeping tabs.
So far, it looks like Republicans are raising big bucks in their bid to retain the Senate.
Republican candidate Liz Feld, Larchmont’s mayor, brought in $308,490, with almost half coming from the Senate Republican Committee—showing how the race against Democratic Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, D-Mamaroneck, Westchester County, is becoming a top-tier race.
As for Oppenheimer, she only brought in $22,422, and had just $75,139, on hand.
Both candidates have not filed in most races, but here’s some other candidates who have:
—Republican Sen. Jim Alesi, R-Perinton, raised $325,563, spent $127,093 and had $706,514 on hand.
—Republican Sen. Joseph Robach, R-Greece, raised $326,486, spent $427,125 and had $169,409 on hand.
—Republican candidate Dennis Delano in Buffalo, raised $257,136, spent $228,609 and had $32,801 on hand. ($120,000 came from Senate Republican committee)
—Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos raised $405,031, spent $295,605 and had $1,483,237 on hand.
—Democratic Sen. Darrel Aubertine, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, raised $126,319, spent $126,564 and had $45,084 on hand.
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on Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm by Joseph Spector.
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