Hodes tries to raise money with a straight face
By Wally EdgeCongressman Paul Hodes sent out an email on Wednesday claiming to be a targeted seat for the Republicans. That email may have been hard for him to say with a straight face after seeing he had more than 6x as much money in the bank as his nearest Republican competitor. Hodes continues to be a tenacious fundraiser, something he has been since taking office in 2007. On Tuesday the FEC 2nd quarter numbers were posted and we learned Hodes had raised nearly $250K and had $972K on hand. His nearest competitor on the Republican side was state Senator Bob Clegg who raised $64K and finished with $156K in the bank. Even though he had a significant advantage, it is interesting to see Hodes didn’t sit on his laurels and the very next day was soliciting money via email again.
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Pay back the $235k
He is good at feeding from the trough.
Maybe he can reimburse the taxpayers the $235k he sent out in campaign mailings(he called them "official district 2" pieces).
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Because of the relatively
Because of the relatively small size of NH, Hodes is indeed a target of Republicans (National Party) just because his possible opponents aren't able to raise money doesn't discount the fact that he is a target of the national party, which is going to pout millions of dollars into the state in an effort to knock of CSP.
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