July 06, 2006 08:00 AM UTC

O'Donnell Raises $305,000

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• by: Colorado Pols

Republican Rick O’Donnell announced today that his campaign for congress in CD-7 raised $305,000 in Q2, leaving him with a total cash on hand amount of $859,000

Click below for the awkwardly-written press release…

The campaign of Rick O’Donnell announced today that it has raised more than $1.2 million for Rick’s campaign to win Colorado’s 7th Congressional District.

“We are thankful for our many generous donors,” said campaign manager K.C. Jones. “People are excited to support Rick because he is full of new ideas and energy to solve the problems in Washington and with his experience as a reformer in Colorado, they know he will get things done.”

The campaign will report to the Federal Election Commission that in the second quarter of 2006, it raised $305,000, making it its most successful quarter of fundraising to date. For this election cycle, the campaign has raised a total of $1,245,000. As of June 30, 2006, the campaign had cash on hand of $859,000.

The Republican candidate for the 7th Congressional District, Rick is a native and life long resident of Jefferson County. He served nearly eight years in the Cabinet of Governor Bill Owens working to reform public schools, higher education, health care and transportation.