{"id":7785,"date":"2009-10-13T16:30:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T22:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=7785"},"modified":"2009-10-13T22:56:28","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T04:56:28","slug":"colon-raises-277k-campos-raises-148k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/10\/colon-raises-277k-campos-raises-148k\/","title":{"rendered":"Col\u00f3n raises $277K; Campos raises $148K"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7786\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 325px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7786\" title=\"Colon and Campos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Colon-and-Campos.jpg\" alt=\"Col\u00f3n, left, raised more than $277K and Campos, right, raised $148K. (Courtesy photos)\" width=\"325\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Colon-and-Campos.jpg 325w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Colon-and-Campos-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Col\u00f3n, left, raised more than $277,000 and Campos, right, raised $148,000. (Courtesy photos)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Democratic lieutenant governor candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electcolon.com\/\">Brian Col\u00f3n<\/a> has raised a whopping $277,034 since entering the race in August.<\/p>\n<p>That includes $12,831 in in-kind contributions, but the rest is straight up cash. And Col\u00f3n spent only about $13,000, so he has $251,049 in on-hand cash.<\/p>\n<p>The fundraising total is impressive enough that most analysts will consider Col\u00f3n the candidate to beat in the race. \u201cNo candidate for Lieutenant Governor in recent New Mexico history has raised more than a quarter million dollars this early in the campaign,\u201d a news release from Col\u00f3n\u2019s campaign states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am humbled by the broad support our campaign received from New Mexicans in each corner of our state,\u201d Col\u00f3n said in the release. \u201cFolks have lined up enthusiastically behind our campaign because they share my commitment to providing high-quality education, creating new green jobs and implementing transparency and ethics reform in government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Col\u00f3n\u2019s release says he raised $264,203 from 667 cash contributions. \u00a0The campaign averaged more than 18 donations a day and raised more than $40,000 online.<\/p>\n<p>You can view Col\u00f3n\u2019s report by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/Documents\/ColonBrian2009report.xls\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, one of Col\u00f3n\u2019s opponents, <a href=\"http:\/\/joecampos.org\/\">Joe Campos<\/a>, stated on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sos.state.nm.us\/08Exceptions\/JCampos1012.pdf\">his finance report<\/a> that he raised a little more than $148,000, spent just under $19,000 and ended the period with almost $130,000 on hand.<\/p>\n<p>Campos\u2019 fundraising included a $50,000 loan from his wife and another $50,000 loan from Wells Fargo bank, so he raised $48,000 from other sources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrcog-nm.gov\/content\/view\/233\/269\/\">Lawrence Rael<\/a>, another Democratic lieutenant governor candidate, reported earlier today <a href=\"..\/2009\/10\/lawrence-rael-raises-more-than-147k\/\">raising more than $147,000<\/a> and ending the period with $105,000 on hand. Another, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solanoltgov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Solano<\/a>, reported <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/Documents\/SolanoGreg.xls\">raising $11,865<\/a> and spending $7,192.50.<\/p>\n<p>There are others in the race, but none has released information about his or her finance report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Brian Col\u00f3n has raised a whopping $277,034 since entering the race in August. Meanwhile, one of Col\u00f3n\u2019s opponents, Joe Campos, raised a little more than $148,000 &#8212; $100,000 of it in loans.<\/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":[108,107],"class_list":["post-7785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-2010-election","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7785","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=7785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}