Jindal's fund raising far outpaces opponents'

[Freddie Stubbs]

Cash on hand is $1.1 million

Friday, July 02, 2004
By Manuel Torres and Matthew Brown
Staff writers

Bobby Jindal has raised $1.3 million, five times as much as his most prominent opponent in the 1st Congressional District race, while candidates in the 3rd District remain in a much tighter cash scramble, according to estimates Thursday by most candidates.

The reports come a day after the end of a frantic three-month period in which many candidates tried to build up as much cash as possible to scare off potential challengers and motivate more contributors. Official reports for the second quarter of the year are due to the Federal Election Commission by July 15.

Qualifying for the ballot begins Aug. 2. The election is Nov. 2.

In the 1st District, Jindal's campaign manager, Timmy Teepell said he raised more than $500,000 in the second quarter and is set to report more than $1.1 million in cash on hand. He said Jindal, a Republican who moved to Kenner after running for governor last year, collected $300,000 in nine fund-raisers held in the last 10 days of the quarter and also has lined up 507 volunteers.

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[drthais]

1. here in Louisiana

we knew this was coming
the Republicans want Jindal any way they can get him
although an intelligent and articulate man
(beaten by Kathleen Blanco for Govenor last fall)

anyone who knows abot this guy
knows he is falling off the deep end of the right wing
prayer in schools, anti-abortion, blah blah blah jesus jesus

he'll win
but at least we have Mary
and we have Kathleen

[funkybutt]

3. amen...exactly what I was gonna say

we need to call breaux

"Please prevent a confirmation vote on the 3 Michigan judges:
Henry Saad, David McKeague and Richard Griffin.

more right wing nuts up for appointment! Breaux is considered a swing vote.

202-224-4623

[votefordan]

5. Jindal does not have to win.

Lets look at the facts.

A) Blanco took 34% of the district.

B) Roy Armstrong, while running as a Democrat, could get the Duke vote (who will probably not vote for Jindal). This could kick up the total that the Democrats can get by a good bit. (I would say potentially 40%)

C) Mike Rogers is going to get the support of the republicans who do not like that Jindal moved to the district to use it as a stepping stone. Scalise was polling around 12% last time I checked. I don’t know what kind of union there was between Scalise voters and Duke supporters, but I cannot imagine that it was that large.

40% for Democrats + %12 for Rogers = 52% and a runoff since Jindal would then only get 48.

In order for this to happen we NEED to get the vote out. And Jindal has enough faults that I have even had Republican tell me that they where going to vote for ME (a Democrat).

I have a page that lists the faults of Jindal

http://www.votefordan.net/challenge.html

Check it out, spread it around. Let's make a stand and ensure that Jindal does not represent us in Congress
.

[Hippo_Tron]

2. District 1 is going to be a runoff between two Reublicans

Like it was last time there was an open seat. Jindal may end up being the lesser of the two evils.

[votefordan]

6. Lesser of two evils?

Jindal is probably the 2nd worst choice that we have in this election.

[amazona]

7. I think we're stuck with Jindal, they're buying it for him, my ?

I have to vote in this district, and I don't see anyone who represents my interests at all. (So what else is new in this district?) The Democratic challengers don't look very impressive, but if anyone gives me a good argument why I should vote for one of them, I'll give it a hearing. I planned to read their online biographies in alphabetical order, and Armstrong and Mendoza sounded so uninspiring in their ideas that I became discouraged. I won't vote for Jindal, I'd rather skip the question altogether than pull the handle for any Republican. If there is a chance of depriving Jindal of 50 percent of the vote (seems unlikely to me), it seems that I must make some choice. Help!

[votefordan]

8. Have you checked out my site yet?

If you lost faith after reading Armstrong and Mendoza then you can understand why it stinks to have a last name that starts with Z. But I really encourage you to check it out.

http://www.votefordan.net

The places that I urge you to read are my issues page and my letter to Democrats. But here are some reasons why I believe that you should
vote for me.

1) I am the only candidate in this race that has made Coastal Restoration his top priority. See my issues page for why that is important.

2) As a fiscally conservative Democrat, I believe I would be the most likely of the Democrats to be able to defeat Jindal in a runoff. I will give people a reason to come to me after I rip Jindal's record to shreds. Read my letter to Democrats to see why we need to examine the political realities of District One when casting our votes.

3) I am the only candidate to have run any sort of radio advertising. Jerry Watts is also running some ads in the final days. But I may have more name recognition because of the ads that I have already run.


There are a lot of people in the District who think as you do. They believe that it seems unlikely to deprive Jindal of 50%. But imagine if all of those people just got up and voted. Each vote would make it THAT much harder for Jindal to gain the simple majority.

Every Democrat in our district has to get out there. Call, e-mail, and speak to every person that you know. If they already support Jindal, send them to my challenge page (http://www.votefordan.net/challenge.html) to see the reasons why Bobby Jindal's record is not as strong as his spin machine has made it seem. If they do not support Jindal, explain to them that we do not need to get 1st place in this race. If we can drive Jindal under 50%, then we only need to get 2nd place. This could be done with only less than 15% of the vote!

If you have any questions at all, please contact me ASAP. I need all the support I can get in the last couple of days. So lets get out the vote and make a difference!

[amazona]

10. thanks Dan -- I just visited your site

You will get my vote.

The environment and coastal erosion is a big issue for me, but I can't support someone like Jindal who has such strong ties to Mike Foster and that gang of wingnuts. I realize that most people in my district are more conservative than I am, but some of the choices really seem to foam at the mouth, don't they?

Good luck to you. I would love to see Jindal at least have to fight for it.

[votefordan]

11. Thanks for your support!

The only thing that I will ask of you besides that is to call or e-mail everyone that you know and have them check out my site as well.

I really think that a runoff between Jindal and myself would be very interesting and enlightening. The District would then at least get to see the issues that Jindal supports.

Thanks again!

-Dan

[votefordan]

12. Thanks to all that voted for me!

Being a novice, raising less than $1000 and spending less than $4000 (and probably less than that).... to get 12,199 votes in my first ever political race ever is an awesome feeling (even if my district has aweful representation for 2 years).

I think the Democratic Party needs to take a step back and look at the races that they are running in. Most of the parishes in my district decided to not endorse anyone. However, St. Tammany and Orleans endorsed the Democrat that they felt would best represent them.... they endorsed Jerry Watts but they looked at it in a vacuum.

And if you look at the results, Jerry Watts finished last among all the Democratic candidates. I like Jerry Watts. He is a good man and would be an excelent rep in Congress. However, as it was seen in the polls, he finished 5th overall.

What I am saying is that we need to consider the political reallities of the districts our candidates run in and plan accordingly.

Jindal could have been beaten. But nobody wanted to bring out the big guns and point out his flaws. The party just rolled on its back and allowed the Republicans to turn Jindal into a cash cow.

Polls are static entitites. The facts should have been advertised for a good 2 weeks and then polling data could have been taken again. See if those ads would have caused a dent in Jindals armor. If not.. then fine. But if so.... then keep working away at it while the Democratic candidates make themselves known to the public.

Once you turn the race into an interesting one, then the media would have woken up and perhaps some of the voters would have as well. Then others would have been more likely to donate to other campaigns because it would have then looked like there was a chance for a runoff.

Let's learn from our mistakes and aim to take this seat in 2006.

[votefordan]

9. By the way...

What are your interests?

[funkybutt]

4. here's a good link to all of the #s

http://www.opensecrets.org/states/election.asp?State=LA&year=2004