FEC Reports Show Huge Gaps in Funding
By Tia Carioli and Gregory Chisholm
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2002–FEC disclosure reports made available this week and last, show a growing gap in the amount of money each candidate has raised in the race for New Hampshire’s available Senate seat. NHPR Correspondent Gregory Chisholm reports from Washington.
Democrat Jean Shaheen’s campaign has raised 3.8 million dollars to date, nearly tripling Republican John Sununu’s total of 1.7 million dollars.
Third quarter reports also show Shaheen has received twenty-one percent of her total money from Political Action Committees while PACs have contributed thirty seven percent of Sununu’s total money.
Among Sununu’s significant contributors are Exxon-Mobil, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the National Rifle Association.
Shaheen’s main donors include Emily’s List and The League of Conservation Voters, one of three groups sponsoring television issue ads that began airing last week attacking Sununu.
With two weeks left before election day, Shaheen has1.3 million dollars on hand to spend, dwarfing Sununu’s 300,000 dollars.
For NHPR News, this is Gregory Chisholm, in Washington
Broadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio, in New Hampshire.
