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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
How much does money matter?
If spending is an indicator of how an election will turn out, then U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., has the advantage. But his challenger, Justin Coussoule, hopes that’s not the case.
Boehner has raised more than $4.5 million for his 2010 raise to retain his 8th Congressional District seat as of June 30. About $2.74 million has been contributed to his campaign from individual donations. He’s 3,205 contributions to his campaign, according to that latest report.
According to the Boehner’s campaign, this fundraising cycle the 10-term congressman has raised around $6 million.
According to the campaign finance reports through June 30, Coussoule has raised $60,407. But his campaign said that total is now more than $100,000. Based from the reports filed on June 30, Coussoule received 87 individual donations contributing $51,307 to his campaign. Of the individual donors, the most were two donations of $2,400 each.
Political action committees, or PACs, account for $6,750 to Coussoule donations (six PACs have contributed, the most being one $5,000 donation). Boehner’s received 668 PAC donations. He had 22 donations under $1,000, but 130 donations of $5,000.
Contributions from party organizations, Boehner has only received $175 while Coussoule has received $2,350.
Boehner also has another $64,295 in “other” donations, but the Federal Elections Commission website does not indicate the source of these funds.
As a voter, do these figures mean anything to you? If so, what?
And I’ll ask you the headline of this blog: How much does money matter?
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Apparently Justin Coussoule has wanted to debate House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester Twp., but his campaign believes the 10-term congressman is dodging the request.
So in a press release issued on Sept. 3, Coussoule officially challenges Boehner to a debate.
According to the release, Coussoule said: “Living in the Eighth District, we know Boehner has done nothing to serve us in years. Now he’s not even showing up to pretend he’s been doing anything for Ohio.”
It’s not certain if Boehner will accept the challenge, but Boehner’s campaign responded this way to an e-mail request for a comment: “Congressman Boehner is engaged in the national debate every day, and his constituents know where he stands on the issues. In fact, today (Sept. 8) in West Chester (at the Marriott Inn) he introduced a two-point plan for immediate, bipartisan action to cut government spending, stop tax hikes and help small businesses create jobs. Congressman Boehner is a lifelong resident of southwest Ohio, and his constituents know that if they have any questions about where he stands on any issue, his door is always open, and they can always count on a straight answer.”
So, do you want to see a debate? Why or why not?
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