{"id":3431,"date":"2008-07-07T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/07\/udall-raises-2-1-million-during-2nd-quarter\/"},"modified":"2008-07-07T13:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T19:51:00","slug":"udall-raises-2-1-million-during-2nd-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/07\/udall-raises-2-1-million-during-2nd-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Udall raises $2.1 million during 2nd quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tom Udall<\/a> raised more than $2.1 million during the fundraising quarter that ended June 30, the best fundraising effort yet for a candidate who, during the primary season, consistently outraised the GOP hopefuls combined. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are so grateful to Tom\u2019s strong, statewide base of committed supporters for making this our best fundraising quarter so far,\u201d campaign Manager Amanda Cooper said in a news release. \u201cBecause of their generous support, our campaign is able to knock on thousands of doors, have a strong statewide presence and dominate the airwaves with hard-hitting TV ads.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The release didn\u2019t state how much Udall spent during the second quarter of the year or had on hand on July 1. Finance reports aren\u2019t due to the Federal Election Commission<\/a> until July 15.<\/p>\n

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During the first quarter of the year, Udall raised $1.3 million, while his Republican opponent, Steve Pearce<\/a>, raised $473,725. From April 1 to May 14 — the first half of the second quarter — Udall raised $728,211 and Pearce raised $357,000. A report was due in the middle of the quarter because of the June 3 primary.<\/p>\n

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During every period in the 2008 primary election cycle, Udall raised more than Pearce and his GOP primary opponent, Heather Wilson<\/a>, combined. Udall began the general election with $2.9 million on hand.<\/p>\n

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Pearce hasn\u2019t released any final information about his second-quarter fundraising.<\/p>\n

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Cooper said Udall\u2019s fundraising has allowed him to \u201cown the TV airwaves,\u201d rotating five advertisements statewide. The most recent is a 30-second spot in which Udall talks about a drunken-driving accident that led to tougher DWI laws while Udall was attorney general.<\/p>\n

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Here it is:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve been fighting for tougher drunk-driving laws,\u201d Udall says in the ad. \u201cBut it wasn\u2019t until this happened that we were finally able to get tough laws passed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cooper said Udall\u2019s fight to combat DWI is another example of his integrity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>\u2019s middle class is being crushed by escalating food and gas prices, Tom Udall will fight to protect our interests, not special interests,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Pearce has yet to run a TV ad during the general election cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tom Udall raised more than $2.1 million during the fundraising quarter that ended June 30, the best fundraising effort yet for a candidate who, during the primary season, consistently outraised the GOP hopefuls combined. \u201cWe are so grateful to Tom\u2019s strong, statewide base of committed supporters for making this our best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431","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=3431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3431\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}