No one really expected Brian Moran to out fundraise Terry McAuliffe, and it appears that Moran took in less then a quarter of the cash the former head of the Democratic National Committee pulled in.
Moran's team is stressing the fact that 90 percent of the dollars contributed and contributors came from within the borders of Virginia. This is a wholly unsubtle attempt to highlight McAuliffe's breakneck fundraising schedule - that includes parties and events around the country. Moran's folks are also noting that they have done better in this year's first three months then they did in the final six months of 2008.
Not exactly the focus of someone winning the dash for cash, but we've said all along that McAuliffe was going to win the coffer chase. The Moran release said the fundraising totals are "putting us in a position to have the resources to win."
Unless you're the lead dog, the view never changes.
Here's a snippet of the Moran release:
“People are investing in Brian’s grassroots campaign because his life story speaks to the challenges Virginians feel today, and he has proven he is ready to fight for the hard-working men and women of the Commonwealth,” Campaign Chair Mame Reiley said. During this period, the campaign continued to invest in its grassroots campaign, deployed the cutting-edge Organize Virginia online organizing system, and made its first media purchase of the election.
Reiley announced that the campaign raised over $800,000 during the most recent finance period of 3 months, exceeding the amount raised in the last 6 months of 2008. Since starting the campaign committee in January of 2008, the campaign has raised nearly $3 million. Over 90% of dollars contributed and contributors this period came from within the Commonwealth of Virginia. So far, we haven't heard numbers from Democrat Sen. Creigh Deeds and Republican Bob McDonnell. Deeds couldn't fundraise during the General Assembly session - so he is likely to be well behind Moran and McAuliffe - although he did have a stockpile in the bank at the end of the year. McDonnell is largely going to get a pass on fundraising this round provided his doesn't post some really terrible or really impressive numbers. The number represent fundraising up until March 31.
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