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In It to Win It

(8,267 posts)
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 04:44 PM Oct 2022

Dem leads in fundraising for GOP-drawn Nashville House seat

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dem-leads-fundraising-gop-drawn-185802086.html

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Democrat Heidi Campbell led in fundraising and spending last quarter in an open U.S. House race in Tennessee, where Republican Andy Ogles has taken a lower-key general election approach in a Nashville congressional district that the GOP redrew in hopes of picking up a seat.

Campbell, a state senator from Nashville, raised $533,000 and spent $183,500 according to her federal campaign finance report from mid-July through September — a timeframe that includes the lead-up to the August primary election and the first months of the November general election. She recently bought her first TV ad after facing no Democratic primary opponent.

Ogles raised $242,400 and spent $126,500 in the same period, with $73,200 of that spending occurring up until the Aug. 8 primary election, in which he defeated a crowded Republican field. Ogles, the former Maury County mayor, hasn't deployed any TV ads for the November election. Neither have any third-party groups, which spent heavily on his behalf in the primary contest. He also hasn't accepted offers to debate Campbell.
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Dem leads in fundraising for GOP-drawn Nashville House seat (Original Post) In It to Win It Oct 2022 OP
Fingers crossed for Campbell Docreed2003 Oct 2022 #1
Please turn this red hellhole Blue! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2
Nashville isn't red... WarGamer Oct 2022 #3
No but the state is. SheltieLover Oct 2022 #4
When you get out of Memphis and Nashville, ain't that the truth!! WarGamer Oct 2022 #5
Absolutely! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #6
Gerrymandering and big spending ... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #7

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)
1. Fingers crossed for Campbell
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 04:59 PM
Oct 2022

This state has become a Petri dish for GOP extremism. They cut up the Nashville seat held by Cooper because they could and without any repercussions. I just hope there's enough same people left in this state to push back.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,380 posts)
7. Gerrymandering and big spending ...
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 06:07 PM
Oct 2022
Meanwhile, in the 7th Congressional District — one of the other two districts that include Nashville — Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Green raised $142,600 last quarter and spent $472,300. His Democratic opponent, Odessa Kelly, raised $226,400 and spent $151,900.


Is that $472,300 a typo?
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