Cannon's coffers have a rival
Cannon, R-Utah, raised $180,760 in the first quarter of 2008, according to financial disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday, bringing his total contributions to $528,732. Cannon spent $105,358 this quarter and has $127,580 cash on hand.
Cannon has about $199,000 in campaign debt obligations at the end of the fourth quarter. Of the money he raised the past four months, about $152,000 has come from political action committees.
Leavitt, the former Juab County attorney and younger brother of former Utah governor and current Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, estimates that his total raised this quarter is $185,438. He is still calculating the expenses but said his estimated cash on hand was $85,000.
Reports were due by midnight Eastern time on Tuesday.
Cannon challenger and Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s former chief of staff Jason Chaffetz raised $25,234 this quarter, bringing his total contributions to $90,609 for this election. He spent $25,416 during the first quarter and has $42,859 cash on hand.
Republican Stone Fonua did not raise $5,000 so did not have to file a report, and Democrat Bennion L. Spencer said that although he did not meet the minimum by the deadline this time, he would likely need to file the next time. Calls to Republican challenger Joe Ferguson, an author, were not returned, and no report showed up in the FEC database.
In the 2nd Congressional District, the biggest potential challenger for Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, seems to be self-funding his run.
Republican congressional candidate Bill Dew of Dewbury Homes has lent his campaign $250,000 in his quest to unseat Matheson.
Dew, who has previously said he was willing to spend his own money on the race, proved Tuesday that he really will fund his campaign — so far, almost entirely. Based on FEC reports filed Tuesday, he raised only $40 for his campaign but still is awash in money when compared to his GOP rivals.
A millionaire former homebuilder who has been a GOP state delegate and precinct chairman, Dew has $203,535 cash on hand, according to his report. He loaned his campaign $250,000 and spent $46,504 on "operating expenditures," according to his statement.
He said that he has not decided on a cap for his personal campaign spending but that he started with $250,000 so that "people would know we are serious about beating Jim Matheson."
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