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This election is going to be a nail-biter, and CCW for WI hangs in the balance. If we do not elect Green, we lose. Period.
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Green narrows gap in fund raising
GOP candidate raises almost $1.39 million, Doyle $494,000 in summer reporting period
By STEVEN WALTERS and GREG J. BOROWSKI
[email protected]
Posted: Sept. 5, 2006
Madison - Reports filed Tuesday showed that Republican challenger Mark Green raised more than twice what Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle did in recent weeks and that Green has about $280,000 less than Doyle in the bank for the final months.
That compares with a $2 million gap when the last reports, covering the first half of the year, were filed in late July.
The reports filed Tuesday showed that Green raised nearly $1.39 million in the eight-week period ending Aug. 28, compared with Doyle's $494,000.
That suggests increasing fund-raising momentum for Green in the race, considered one of the most competitive in the nation and expected to be the most expensive in state history.
Green, however, faces the potential loss of $467,844, which the state Elections Board last week ordered him to give up or return to the out-of-state political action committees that had given it to his congressional account. The Doyle side has labeled the cash "dirty money."
Green plans to challenge that ruling in court.
The Elections Board today could formally issue the order, based on last week's vote in which the Libertarian designee on the board sided with four Democratic appointees in a series of 5-2 votes that went against Green.
Recent polls continue to give Doyle the edge, though the money gap is closing.
One reason it's closing: Doyle spent roughly twice what Green did in the period, $1.6 million compared with about $838,000.
Campaign-finance reports showed that Doyle's campaign spent $1.17 million on TV ads in July and August - almost four times the $311,180 the Green campaign reported on TV ads in that same period.
Mark Graul, Green's campaign manager, said it was significant that the Republican doubled the Democratic incumbent's campaign income over the summer.
"What I'm seeing in these numbers is that, by almost a 3-to-1 margin, we raised more money than the governor did, while at the same time he was running those attack ads," Graul said. "We started our TV ads a month after the governor did.
"Clearly, momentum is on Mark Green's side," he said. "I know that we're going to have the funds we need to run a competitive campaign."
Green began running his second TV ad of the campaign on Tuesday, about the jobs and tax climate under Doyle.
The Doyle side pointed to the Elections Board ruling and a July visit for Green by President Bush, saying that the money involved in both show Green to be a tool of special interests.
"We've already made a substantial investment in communicating our message across the state," said Doyle campaign spokeswoman Melanie Fonder. "That provides us with a real head start in talking about the governor's priorities of good schools, lower health care costs and cutting taxes."
The reports cover an eight-week period, from July 1 to Aug. 28.
Final reports before the Nov. 7 election are due Oct. 30.
At the end of the latest period, Doyle had about $4 million on hand, and Green had about $3.7 million.
This is the second consecutive report in which Green out-raised Doyle. In July, reports covering the first half of the year showed that Green edged Doyle, though both raised about $1.6 million.
The new totals mean that Doyle has raised almost $8 million for his re-election since he took office in January 2003. He is trying to be the first Democratic governor to win a second term since the mid-1970s.
As Green benefited from the July money-raising visit by Bush, Doyle is to get an October fund-raising boost from former President Clinton.
Green's campaign said it had raised a total of $4.46 million since he announced his campaign for governor in January 2005, shortly after he moved almost $1.3 million from his congressional campaign fund to a state account.
That transfer included the $467,844 from political action committees not registered in Wisconsin - the money the Elections Board said should be returned.
In a statement, Green said that two-thirds of his donations were for $100 or less and that 97% of it came from Wisconsin givers.
Steven Walters reported from Madison and Greg J. Borowski from Milwaukee
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Green narrows gap in fund raising
GOP candidate raises almost $1.39 million, Doyle $494,000 in summer reporting period
By STEVEN WALTERS and GREG J. BOROWSKI
[email protected]
Posted: Sept. 5, 2006
Madison - Reports filed Tuesday showed that Republican challenger Mark Green raised more than twice what Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle did in recent weeks and that Green has about $280,000 less than Doyle in the bank for the final months.
That compares with a $2 million gap when the last reports, covering the first half of the year, were filed in late July.
The reports filed Tuesday showed that Green raised nearly $1.39 million in the eight-week period ending Aug. 28, compared with Doyle's $494,000.
That suggests increasing fund-raising momentum for Green in the race, considered one of the most competitive in the nation and expected to be the most expensive in state history.
Green, however, faces the potential loss of $467,844, which the state Elections Board last week ordered him to give up or return to the out-of-state political action committees that had given it to his congressional account. The Doyle side has labeled the cash "dirty money."
Green plans to challenge that ruling in court.
The Elections Board today could formally issue the order, based on last week's vote in which the Libertarian designee on the board sided with four Democratic appointees in a series of 5-2 votes that went against Green.
Recent polls continue to give Doyle the edge, though the money gap is closing.
One reason it's closing: Doyle spent roughly twice what Green did in the period, $1.6 million compared with about $838,000.
Campaign-finance reports showed that Doyle's campaign spent $1.17 million on TV ads in July and August - almost four times the $311,180 the Green campaign reported on TV ads in that same period.
Mark Graul, Green's campaign manager, said it was significant that the Republican doubled the Democratic incumbent's campaign income over the summer.
"What I'm seeing in these numbers is that, by almost a 3-to-1 margin, we raised more money than the governor did, while at the same time he was running those attack ads," Graul said. "We started our TV ads a month after the governor did.
"Clearly, momentum is on Mark Green's side," he said. "I know that we're going to have the funds we need to run a competitive campaign."
Green began running his second TV ad of the campaign on Tuesday, about the jobs and tax climate under Doyle.
The Doyle side pointed to the Elections Board ruling and a July visit for Green by President Bush, saying that the money involved in both show Green to be a tool of special interests.
"We've already made a substantial investment in communicating our message across the state," said Doyle campaign spokeswoman Melanie Fonder. "That provides us with a real head start in talking about the governor's priorities of good schools, lower health care costs and cutting taxes."
The reports cover an eight-week period, from July 1 to Aug. 28.
Final reports before the Nov. 7 election are due Oct. 30.
At the end of the latest period, Doyle had about $4 million on hand, and Green had about $3.7 million.
This is the second consecutive report in which Green out-raised Doyle. In July, reports covering the first half of the year showed that Green edged Doyle, though both raised about $1.6 million.
The new totals mean that Doyle has raised almost $8 million for his re-election since he took office in January 2003. He is trying to be the first Democratic governor to win a second term since the mid-1970s.
As Green benefited from the July money-raising visit by Bush, Doyle is to get an October fund-raising boost from former President Clinton.
Green's campaign said it had raised a total of $4.46 million since he announced his campaign for governor in January 2005, shortly after he moved almost $1.3 million from his congressional campaign fund to a state account.
That transfer included the $467,844 from political action committees not registered in Wisconsin - the money the Elections Board said should be returned.
In a statement, Green said that two-thirds of his donations were for $100 or less and that 97% of it came from Wisconsin givers.
Steven Walters reported from Madison and Greg J. Borowski from Milwaukee
