Michael Nutter announced that his fund-raising efforts have raised a total of $1.7 million as of Dec. 31. After paying expenses, Nutter has $1.3 million for his mayoral campaign.
He said the donations came from 1,700 donors. He didn't detail who gave the money in this release but said he would on Jan. 31, when campaign finance reports are due to be filed, and said he has adhered to all fund-raising limits.
“I have received contributions from individuals who can write fairly large checks, but I have also received contributions from those who have contributed $25 or less. People have even written checks for $10 and told me it was the first time they had ever made a political donation,” said Nutter.
Because we are approaching the Jan. 31 deadline for campaign finance reports, expect the money race to be a focus of campaign coverage in upcoming weeks.
Comments (2)
anyone who claims to not be impressed is lying - this puts Nutter in the game in a serious way - he outraised all of the other candidates, even as they all (every single one of them) raised money outside of the limits except for him. I am truly shocked and didn't think he could have raised this much, considering he had no public office for half the year. its time for the maintainers of the status quo to stop dismissing Nutter.
Posted by WardWatcher | January 10, 2007 4:45 PM
I think he has put people on notice. Honestly, this isnt that surprising because a lot of people who can afford to donate are going to support a guy like Nutter because they want reform. I cant see a lot of upper middle class people throwing checks at Fattah or Brady.
Posted by sj | January 11, 2007 2:21 PM