{"id":11369,"date":"2010-01-14T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T22:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=11369"},"modified":"2010-01-15T08:21:29","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T15:21:29","slug":"denish-raised-750k-in-fourth-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/01\/denish-raised-750k-in-fourth-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Denish raised $750K in fourth quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lt. Gov. Diane Denish (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish<\/a> raised just under $750,000 in monetary contributions during the fourth quarter of 2009, her campaign announced today in calling it her \u201cstrongest quarter yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denish raised $749,614.96 in monetary contributions from October to December, and had an additional $49,218.07 in in-kind contributions, according to a summary<\/a> of her fundraising released this morning. The campaign said a full report of contributions and expenditures would be available later today on Denish\u2019s Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the summary, Denish spent $391,166.06 during the three-month period. She ended 2009 with more than $2.5 million on hand. Denish\u2019s campaign carries $260,225 in debt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis strong level of grassroots support shows that New Mexicans are ready for a new type of leader who will bring about a new way of governing,\u201d Denish said in a news release<\/a>. \u201cTimes are tough, but the people of New Mexico are tougher, and I\u2019m inspired by the hope and optimism I see in communities across our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denish said the majority of the campaign\u2019s nearly 8,000 contributions have been for $100 or less. The campaign has raised more than $3.5 million during the current cycle, with nearly 90 percent of its supporters living in New Mexico.<\/p>\n

The money Denish has on hand is cash she\u2019s likely putting aside for the general election, since she\u2019s drawn no primary challenger. Meanwhile, Republicans appear to be dealing with the possibility of their primary field expanding from four gubernatorial candidates to five if Pete Domenici Jr.<\/a> enters the race.<\/p>\n

Denish Campaign Manager Oren Shur called his boss \u201cthe only candidate for governor who is energizing New Mexicans, organizing across the state and inspiring young people to get involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring these tough times, New Mexicans are looking for an optimistic, forward-thinking leader, not more of the same old negative politics the Republican candidates have been offering,\u201d Shur said.<\/p>\n

Denish and other state candidates aren\u2019t required to file campaign finance reports this week, but Denish has been voluntarily releasing such reports quarterly for some time. The law requires their release twice in off-election years. This year reports must be filed more frequently, but the first isn\u2019t required until April 12.<\/p>\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate\u00a0Susana Martinez<\/a> has also said she\u2019ll voluntarily release a campaign finance report this week<\/a>. And Republican\u00a0candidate Janice Arnold-Jones<\/a> is going beyond that in terms of campaign contributions. She recently posted on\u00a0her campaign Web site<\/a> information about\u00a0every contribution\u00a0she\u2019s received to date, and plans to keep the list of contributions current.<\/p>\n

Arnold-Jones has not put a list of campaign expenditures online.<\/p>\n

The other gubernatorial candidates \u2013 Republicans\u00a0Doug Turner<\/a> and\u00a0Allen Weh<\/a> \u2013 have not answered my question about whether they will release a fundraising report this month.<\/p>\n

Update, 6:50 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s Denish\u2019s 305-page report<\/a>. See anything interesting in it? Tell us about it by submitting a comment at the end of this posting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATED: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish raised just under $750,000 in monetary contributions during the fourth quarter of 2009, her campaign announced today in calling it her \u201cstrongest quarter yet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[108,111,107],"class_list":["post-11369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-open-government","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}