{"id":15416,"date":"2010-04-07T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T21:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=15416"},"modified":"2010-04-07T15:57:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T21:57:23","slug":"former-nj-guv-comes-to-nm-for-arnold-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2010\/04\/former-nj-guv-comes-to-nm-for-arnold-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NJ guv comes to NM for Arnold-Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christine Whitman<\/p><\/div>\n

Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Whitman<\/a> is coming to New Mexico next week to help Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones<\/a> raise money for her cash-strapped campaign.<\/p>\n

The event with the Republican Whitman will be held April 15 from 7-9 p.m. at Sandia Resort and Casino near Albuquerque. The cost is $75 in advance or $100 at the door, or $250 to attend both that event and a private reception with Whitman held at a home in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n

It will take a lot of cash for Arnold-Jones to stay competitive in the June 1 primary race.<\/p>\n

She finished third<\/a> at the GOP preprimary nominating convention last month, failing to reach the 20 percent threshold that guaranteed her an automatic spot on the primary ballot. Arnold-Jones has since collected the necessary signatures to stay in the race. She\u2019s also announced three legislative endorsements (here<\/a> and here<\/a>) in an attempt to show that her campaign has momentum.<\/p>\n

But she hasn\u2019t raised much money. According to Arnold-Jones\u2019 campaign Web site<\/a>, she has raised $3,550 since the preprimary. That\u2019s less than one of her opponents, Pete Domenici Jr.<\/a>, has raised<\/a> since he finished last at the GOP preprimary convention.<\/p>\n

Arnold-Jones voluntarily releases contribution information in real time on her Web site.<\/p>\n

Her largest fundraiser to date \u2013 an event held in late February in New Jersey \u2013 netted her only $15,950 in contributions from the New Jersey\/New York area, according to her Web site.<\/p>\n

In total, Arnold-Jones has raised almost $114,000 since July for her gubernatorial run. All of Arnold-Jones\u2019 primary opponents have raised (or contributed to themselves) more than that. Here\u2019s a breakdown of what we know:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Domenici had raised $303,057.77<\/a> as of Friday, the last time he voluntarily released fundraising information.<\/p>\n

\u2022 As of Jan. 15 \u2013 the last time Susana Martinez<\/a> voluntarily released fundraising information \u2013 she had raised almost $284,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Doug Turner<\/a> reported in October \u2013 the last time a finance report was required from the candidates \u2013 that he had raised just under $342,000<\/a>, with the bulk of it \u2013 about $243,500 \u2013 coming in the form of personal loans from Turner to his campaign.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Allen Weh<\/a>, who like Turner has refused to release contribution information more often than the law requires, last reported in October that he had raised a whopping $560,000<\/a>, with almost half of it coming in the form of a personal loan.<\/p>\n

The point: The Arnold-Jones campaign has said it has gained momentum since the preprimary. With less than eight weeks until the primary, she needs some impressive fundraising numbers to back up that claim.<\/p>\n

Wondering what connection Arnold-Jones has to New Jersey? Her campaign manager, Steve Kush<\/a>, was political director for current N.J. Gov.\u00a0Chris Christie\u2019s<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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