GOP Senate candidate Rob "Bushie" Portman trounces Democrats in quarterly fund raising

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GOP Senate candidate Rob Portman trounces Democrats in quarterly fund raising

by Sabrina Eaton/Plain Dealer Washington Bureau
Wednesday July 15, 2009, 1:37 PM

Republican Rob Portman raised $1.7 million for his U.S. Senate campaign during the second quarter of 2009 -- more money than both his Democratic rivals combined....

Portman, a former Cincinnati-area congressman who held two Cabinet posts under President George W. Bush, ended the quarter with $4.3 million in the bank. About $1.4 million of that was left over from the war chest he accumulated in the House of Representatives. He's raised $3.4 million during the election cycle.

Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, one of two Democrats seeking the Senate seat to be vacated by George Voinovich's retirement, raised more than $900,000 in the quarter, bringing his fund-raising total to $1.9 million. Fisher has about $1.48 million left in the bank.

His competition in the Democratic primary, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, raised $228,000 in the second quarter, slightly more than the first quarter total of $207,000...


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