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Brian Lyman Montgomery Advertiser Published 4:42 PM EDT Oct 16, 2018 Early October fundraising in statewide races seemed, with a handful of exceptions, to follow the patterns established this year: Republican candidates generally raising more money, and Democrats generally having more donors.  Campaign finance reports filed this week showed Republican nominees leading fundraising in the races for governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state, and generally enjoying cash on hand advantages in the races as the last few weeks before Election Day tick down. Democrats led fundraising for attorney general, chief justice and state auditor.  Governor Gov. Kay Ivey raised $269,133 between Oct. 1 and Oct. 12, according to campaign finance reports. The Republican incumbent spent $422,669 in those twelve days and finished with $357,352 on hand. Major donors to the campaign in early October included Progress PAC, the fundraising arm of the Business Council of Alabama, which … [Read more...] about GOP, Democrats split fundraising leads in six statewide races

Riding a national wave of donor enthusiasm, Democratic contenders in Washington’s most competitive midterm congressional races have blown past their Republican rivals in campaign fundraising over the past few months. The trio of Democratic candidates, Kim Schrier, Lisa Brown and Carolyn Long, each nearly doubled or tripled the fundraising hauls of their Republican rivals, according to new Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings this week, covering the period of July 19 through Sept. 30. In Washington’s 8th Congressional District, Schrier, a pediatrician and first-time candidate, pulled in $3.7 million over the recent reporting period — more than triple the $1.1 million raised over that period by her Republican rival, former state senator and real-estate investor Dino Rossi, according to the FEC filings. That brought Schrier to more than $5.3 million raised for the election cycle, compared with Rossi’s $4.1 million. Rossi and Schrier are competing for the … [Read more...] about Washington’s Democratic congressional candidates overwhelm Republicans in recent fundraising

Molly Beck and Patrick Marley Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 5:07 PM EDT Oct 16, 2018 MADISON - A top state Democrat is accusing GOP Rep. Dale Kooyenga of being inebriated during a state budget debate three years ago as Kooyenga campaigns to join the state Senate in a district Democrats are trying to flip.  Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling (D-La Crosse) made the accusation during a Tuesday forum with Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) to clarify why she expects Democrats to take control of the state Senate. She said she expects Democrats to pick up seats, in part, because they are "law-abiding." "None of our candidates paid a $30,000 (settlement) for looking at a sign and taking it from the Capitol," Shilling said. "None of our candidates have appeared on the floor after having too much to drink." Fitzgerald, surprised, said: "Ooof. I don't know where to go from there." RELATED: Rep. Dale Kooyenga pays back Wisconsin taxpayers … [Read more...] about Democrats accuse Dale Kooyenga of being inebriated during budget debate