Nash on Cash

Jere Nash - Third District Campaign Finances - 2.27.2008 - Campaign finance reports are due tomorrow at the FEC for all candidates running for federal office in Mississippi. In the meantime, candidates have been filing 48-hour reports with the FEC disclosing contributions they have received since sending in the report that is due tomorrow. In the Third District race, Charlie Ross has disclosed raising $107,146 in reportable contributions since Feb. 21 (the cutoff date for the upcoming report), while David Landrum has reported contributions of $39,400. Way behind is Gregg Harper with $5,000 in contributions; John Rounsville has reported nothing in the way of contributions. I have no idea if this fundraising activity will be replicated on the FEC reports we will see tomorrow (which covers the period January 1 through February 21). In addition, Landrum has disclosed loaning his campaign another $270,000 since January 1. If Ross and Landrum have the money, they are likely to be the candidates who end up in the runoff.

Jere Nash - Third District Campaign Finances - 2.28.2008 - The four major Republican candidates for Pickering's congressional seat filed their pre-primary campaign finance reports tonight. Here's what they show, in descending order. Ross raised $346,997, plus he's reported raising another $114,146 since the cutoff date for this report. Landrum raised $214,075 and personally loaned $210,000, plus he's reported raising another $39,400 since the cutoff date and loaning the campaign another $60,000. Harper raised $88,240, plus another $26,500 in contributions since the cutoff. Rounsaville raised $57,725, plus another $24,000 in contributions since the cutoff.
Landrum has spent $578,226 since January 1; Ross has spent $365,157; Harper has spent $137,762; Rounsaville has spent $75,653. We'll see on March 11 how loudly money talks in Mississippi's Third District.