Gov. Bill Richardson raised about $60,000 during a quick campaign stop in El Paso on Monday, the El Paso Times is reporting.
Meanwhile, a national survey done by Rasmussen Reports has Richardson getting trounced in a presidential election by Republican Rudy Giuliani, but polling close to even with Republican John McCain.
Richardson made the trip to El Paso following a visit to Las Cruces. About 100 supporters of his presidential campaign turned out at a private home on the city’s east side.
The governor continued campaigning this morning before flying back to Santa Fe, the Times reported.
He’s going to need all the cash he can raise to improve his name recognition. The national telephone survey of 800 likely voters, conducted Jan. 22-23, found that Richardson was viewed favorably by 35 percent of Americans and unfavorably by 27 percent. His biggest problem was that he is unknown to 38 percent.
The good news for Richardson, Rasmussen found, was that he was running nearly even with McCain, generally considered the GOP frontrunner for the 2008 nomination. McCain polled at 43 percent to Richardson’s 39 percent.
Against Giuliani, however, Richardson’s showing was dismal: The poll had him losing 49-34 percent.
The poll has a margin of error of four percentage points.
Rasmussen has done similar polls for other presidential candidates, which you can find at the site by clicking here. Recent polls had McCain trailing Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards. Giuliani leads the Democrats he has been polled against and leads McCain.
Gov. Bill Richardson raised about $60,000 during a quick campaign stop in