September 4, 2006

1st CD Cash.

Stunning.

Steven Herr (D) Raised: $6,010 Spent: $8,258 Cash on hand: $0

Don Hall (D) Raised: $3,962 Spent: $1,716 Cash on hand: $2,245

Jeffrey C Thomas (D) Raised: $1,687 Spent: $1,687 Cash on hand: $0

Ruth Bradley (D) No reports on record for this candidate.

Mike Hebert (D) No reports on record for this candidate.

Paul Ryan (R)* Raised: $964,211 Spent: $439,974 Cash on hand: $1,636,819

Joe Wineke told us there would be a credible candidate. Steve Herr is the best dem in the bunch by far, but Joe part of being a credible candidate is being able to run a credible campaign.

How can any one of these "credible candidates" run an effective campaign against a popular incumbent with $1.6 mil in the bank?

Still, they have as good a chance as Brian Kennedy.

By the way, aren't candidates supposed to file these campaign reports? Hello, Racine Journal Times (a wholly owned subsidiary of Jim Doyle and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin), there would seem to be a story there.