Landrum's Intent: $0 to $200,000 in 2 weeks

David Landrum has put $410,000 of his own money into his race for Congress. The necessity to self-fund his campaign apparently came as a surprise to him.

On October 30, 2007, when he declared his candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission, under "Declaration of Intent to Expend Personal Funds" the form says "I intend to expend personal funds exceeding the threashold amount by 0.00 for the primary election and 0.00 for the general election." The form says, "If you do not intend to expend personal funds exceeding the threshold amount for either election, you must enter 0.00 for each." He signed it at the bottom above the note "Submission of false, erroneous, or incomplete information may subject the person signing this Statement to penalties...."

Two weeks later, on November 15, 2007, he loaned his campaign $200,000.

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