BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Democrat Kathy Hochul pulled in the most money among the three candidates in the special election in New York's 26th District, netting over $218,000 in contributions according to pre-special election filings due to the Federal Election Commission by midnight Thursday.
But Hotline On Call has learned that Hochul has exceeded that monthly total in just the past week, and will announce Friday she's raised an additional $240,000 in the past week alone as the May 24 contest has drawn national attention.
Republican Jane Corwin reported the roughly the same, pulling in $202,000, in contributions, and also loaned her campaign an additional $960,000 through May 2, bringing her self-funding to $1.96 million. Corwin also had the most cash on hand of any candidate, with just over $613,000 in the bank heading into the campaign's final stretch. In the past month, her campaign spent over $1 million.
Hochul had $173,000 on hand, before her cash infusion in the last week, but for the first time she has dipped into her own pockets to help her campaign, putting in $250,000.
Past and present members of Congress have also come to both Corwin and Hochul's aid. Reps.Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) gave to Corwin, as did the district's former congressman and National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, Bill Paxon, who has been advising Corwin. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's leadership PAC chipped in $5,000, and not included in the pre-special report was the $2,000 House Speaker John Boehner gave after he appeared at a fundraiser on her behalf earlier this week. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee transferred $5,000 to Hochul on April 29, and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel also gave her $2,000 from his personal campaign account. New York Democratic Reps. Eliot Engel, Jerry Nadler and Paul Tonko also gave to her campaign, as did Reps. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) Independent candidate Jack Davis is entirely self-funding his campaign and isn't soliciting donations. Through the May 2 deadline, he had put more than $1.6 million of his own funds in the race, but since then he's reported putting in an additional $500,000, bringing his personal loans to $2.1 million.
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Republican Jane Corwin reported the roughly the same, pulling in $202,000, in contributions, and also loaned her campaign an additional $960,000 through May 2, bringing her self-funding to $1.96 million. Corwin also had the most cash on hand of any candidate, with just over $613,000 in the bank heading into the campaign's final stretch. In the past month, her campaign spent over $1 million.
Hochul had $173,000 on hand, before her cash infusion in the last week, but for the first time she has dipped into her own pockets to help her campaign, putting in $250,000.
Past and present members of Congress have also come to both Corwin and Hochul's aid. Reps.Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) gave to Corwin, as did the district's former congressman and National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, Bill Paxon, who has been advising Corwin. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's leadership PAC chipped in $5,000, and not included in the pre-special report was the $2,000 House Speaker John Boehner gave after he appeared at a fundraiser on her behalf earlier this week. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee transferred $5,000 to Hochul on April 29, and DCCC Chairman Steve Israel also gave her $2,000 from his personal campaign account. New York Democratic Reps. Eliot Engel, Jerry Nadler and Paul Tonko also gave to her campaign, as did Reps. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) Independent candidate Jack Davis is entirely self-funding his campaign and isn't soliciting donations. Through the May 2 deadline, he had put more than $1.6 million of his own funds in the race, but since then he's reported putting in an additional $500,000, bringing his personal loans to $2.1 million.
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