| My state Senator, Marty Connor, may have quite a primary fight on his hands. Former Schumer staffer Dan Squadron has raised a over $200K according to his latest campaign filing. What's even more impressive to me than dollar figure, however, is the number of donors. His filing lists 358 entries and almost all of them appear to be individual, small dollar donors. There's some big money in there, but take a look for yourself. There's plenty of $50 donors there as well. Plus, his campaign looks to be running pretty lean. He's got almost $190K cash on hand.
As for Connor, his filing isn't up yet, but Azi is hearing that he's raised less than $5K. But, don't forget he's a 30 year incumbent (and one time Minority Leader) and this is still New York. Incumbency counts for a hell of a lot. Beating Connor won't be even a little bit easy.
That said, Squadron's filing shows that he's definitely for real and the primary in the 25th isn't going to be the cakewalk that Marty Connor grown accustomed to all these years. |
