| LA-01
| Candidate |
Money Raised |
Money Spent |
Debts |
Cash on Hand |
| Jim Harlan |
$595,399.05 |
$41,020.99 |
$525,000 |
$554,378.06 |
| Steve Scalise |
$201,329.00 |
$77,491.31 |
$211,465.12 |
$192,132.07 |
No, the debts listed for both candidates are NOT mis-prints. The difference between the two, however is stark: Harlan owes that money to himself, as he loaned his campaign that money. Scalise, on the other hand owes that money to other people ... staff, vendors, and even the caterer for his victory party, to whom he owes some $9,000. Must have been one hell of a party.
LA-02
| Candidate |
Money Raised |
Money Spent |
Debts |
Cash on Hand |
| Troy "C" Carter |
$51,112 |
$34,120.01 |
$87,906.27 |
-$1,442.37 |
Mr. Troy Carter is not a serious candidate. The debt is partly from his failed run back in 2006, where he placed fourth in the jungle primary behind the Republican. I've corrected the amount raised this quarter from his FEC report. If you click on his name, it'll bring you to his July Quarterly FEC report, where he reports NO money raised this quarter. But if you take a look at his April Quarterly report, you'll see that he only reported some $2,188 raised in the election cycle to date column, and nothing again in the this cycle to date column. Mr. Carter, please find someone to teach your staff how to fill out the reports properly!
| Candidate |
Money Raised |
Money Spent |
Debts |
Cash on Hand |
| Byron Lee |
$133,000.00 |
$37,191.14 |
$5,000.00 |
$100,808.86 |
Mr. Lee has raised an impressive amount. As one of two the only viable West Banker's in the race, he has a good shot of taking second place in primary, and making it to the runoff, so long as he can turn out a majority of the West Bank for him.
The debts that Mr. Jefferson owes are personal debts of his to MBNA America, American Express, Dryades Savings Bank, and Liberty Bank, as well as some to himself. Hasn't the man ever heard of fiscal responsibility?
| Candidate |
Money Raised |
Money Spent |
Debts |
Cash on Hand |
| Helena Moreno |
$29,900.00 |
$13,864.16 |
$500.00 |
$16,535.84 |
Well, with Ms. Moreno (potentially Mrs. Bernazzani?) making a run for LA-02 but putting signs all over Uptown, including in the LA-01 portion of New Orleans, I wonder if she's really serious about making this run. Is this perhaps a prelude to running for Mayor of our fair city in 2010, especially now that Mr. Bernazzani is prohibited from doing so by the City Charter. Oh yeah, I nearly forgot ... the FEC doesn't know what party Ms. Moreno is a member of. If you enter Moreno into the field on that page just linked to, it'll bring you to all the Moreno's that have filed with them. The first one is our very own Helena Moreno ... the UNK after LA means unknown!
| Candidate |
Money Raised |
Money Spent |
Debts |
Cash on Hand |
| Cedric Richmond |
$111,800 |
$17,895.39 |
$100,000 |
$193,904.61 |
The debt is money that Mr. Richmond gave his campaign. For a first-time candidate for the U.S. House, the first quarter fundraising for Mr. Richmond is impressive. Almost $200,000 in the bank. Right now, he has to be one of the favorites to oust Congressman Jefferson.
There are two candidates that have yet to file an FEC report, as they are not required to do so at this time, as they were not raising money prior to the June 30th deadline - former Nagin aide Kenya Smith, and City Councilman James Carter. As reader SM points out, James Carter is a West Banker himself. That's the reason for the changes in the blurb about Byron Lee.
LA-03
There's no need to keep tabs on Congressman Melancon's fund-raising, as he has no race. He does have a cool $1,042,583.14 sitting in the bank. There is speculation that he will parlay that money to make a run against Sinator Vitter, although my colleague Oyster points out a very, very disappointing video of the erstwhile Congressman taken over the weekend. |
