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DEL.ICIO.USOxendine has $460,000 in the bank
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine will report Tuesday that he’s got almost a half-million-dollar head start on his gubernatorial rivals.
Oxendine will report having raised $472,000 over the past few months for his 2010 race for governor. He has $460,000 in the bank. No other 2010 gubernatorial candidate has begun raising money.
While that sounds like a nice chunk of change, then-state Sen. Sonny Perdue raised about twice as much in a little over a month when he got into his first governor’s race in 2001.
However, Perdue was the candidate of the Republican establishment that year. This time around, many big-money GOP donors may be waiting to see who gets into the governor’s race before deciding which horse to bet on.
- James Salzer
Comments
By Matilda
July 7, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this
An election should not be a horse race!Campaign donations should not yield you a return on your investment if your “horse” wins. Sadly, big-money special-interest GOP supporters use our “Democracy” in just that way. (Look at Saxby’s records to see how that works.) Here’s a refreshing idea: give money and hit the streets working for the candidate you believe will do right by ALL of Georgia — not just the select little sub-group you care about. If and when Georgia as an entity starts doing better, we all benefit! Or, just go back to thinking only of yourself, and get more of the same: competing with Alabama and Mississippi for the 49th spot on every list. Your choice.