Former U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley: Campaign photoFormer U.S. Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro) reported that he raised $98,518 over the last three months from donors and political action committees. According to FEC filings, Bradley ended the second fundraising quarter with $475,348 cash-on-hand.
During the quarter, Bradley raised $35,150 from various political action committees, $63,368 from individual donors and he also loaned the campaign $50,000 on the day the quarter ended, which would bring his total to $148,526.
Bradley is competing in the 1st Congressional District primary against former Health and Human Services Commissioner John Stephen (R-Manchester). The winner will face U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-Rochester). As of this posting, neither Stephen nor Shea-Porter had filed their fundraising totals.
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so the lakes region runt of
so the lakes region runt of the litter has now "loaned" his campaign $350K in total. Wow, he really has the support of teh public. What a friggin joke he is.
Good for Jeb
I'm glad to see Jeb with so much cash-on-hand. Carol Shea-Porter has really hurt the 1st CD and it is time we send some sensible leadership back to Washington.
Actually folks, Bradley did
Actually folks, Bradley did not "raise" nearly as much as you report. When you break down the numbers, he's "loaned" is campaign over $350,000, including $90,000 in Q1 and $50,000 last quarter. In other words, while Mr. Stephen has enjoyed support to the tune of over $260,000 FROM INDIVIDUALS in the last 2 quarters, Bradley saw less than half of that amount.
In 2006, CSP called Bradley a "borrow and spend" candidate. She was right. That's what Jeb does. He thinks about the next election, not the next generation. He goes along to get along, agrees with the back-room deals and status quo nonsense, supporting Republican "leadership" 88% of the time-a "leadership" that was rudderless and had abandoned its conservative principles. He never stood up and said "NO, this is wrong." He was a rubber stamp, just as Porter is for Pelosi 92% of the time!
Bottom line, Jeb failed miserably as a congressman, lost support among real fiscal conservatives, underestimated the campaign of CSP, then bonused the staff of failures who worked with him to lose. He left over $300,000 of unspent money in his political coffers in 2006. In short, he committed political malpractice in several, unforgivable ways. Now, he claims to be an agent of change? Puh-leeze, Jeb, I may have been born at night, but it was NOT last night.
Jeb Bradley is applying for a job at which he proved to be a failure. As a businessman, I'd never consider re-hiring a failure. After all, we have to live by the old axiom, fool me once, shame on you, but fool me twice, shame on me. I won't get fooled again and it appears that, when you look at from whence the money is coming and to whom, the citizens of the State of NH won't either.
Bradley's Time is Past
The thing about most politicians is that they don't know when to give up. It's like Bradley is addicted except this addiction is more expensive than cigg's. The same thing holds true for Bob Clegg over in the 2nd district. Both Clegg and Bradley should move over and let the next generation take over, preferably John Stephen and Jennifer Horn.
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