Who brings in the money
The campaign finance watchdogs at the Center for Responsive Politics have just released the numbers on which politicians in the U.S. House raised the most money in 2005. Here's the breakdown:
BIGGEST FUNDRAISERS, U.S. HOUSE, 2005Something tells me DeLay won't be holding that #1 spot anymore.
1 Tom DeLay (R-Texas) $2,973,065
2 Dennis Hastert (R-Ill) $2,606,272
3 Doris Matsui (D-Calif) $1,839,023*
4 Melissa Bean (D-Ill) $1,777,730
5 Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) $1,743,735
6 Roy Blunt (R-Mo) $1,658,524
7 John Campbell (R-Calif) $1,646,455*
8 John P. Murtha (D-Pa) $1,631,820
9 Nick Lampson (D-Texas) $1,603,453+
10 Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo)$1,574,905
11 Tom Reynolds (R-NY) $1,549,353
12 Eric Cantor (R-Va) $1,459,897
13 Jim Gerlach (R-Pa) $1,448,333
14 David McSweeney (R-Ill) $1,438,025
15 Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa) $1,423,417
1 Comments:
Crap...living at Dennis Haster Corner I was SOOO hoping this Abramoff stuff would take down this #2 fund raiser for the GOP.
But Dang...unless they Hurry-up and GET TO IT...stuck with Denny!
Bleh!
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