July 20, 2009 11:17 PM UTC

Tom Lucero Follows Diggs Brown Campaign Model

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• by: Colorado Pols

We said when CU Regent Tom Lucero was the first Republican to enter the race for CD-4 that we would believe he was a serious challenger when we saw it.

Well, we’ve seen it now, and we don’t believe it.

Despite getting help from right-wing gasbag Hugh Hewitt for a fundraiser, Lucero reported that he had a whopping $3,641 cash on hand after two quarters of fundraising. In Q2, Lucero raised (we think, because his handwritten FEC report is, well, a little tough to decifer) $14,851, but following the Diggs Brown school of campaigning, he also spent $15,799.

To recap, Lucero spent almost $1,000 more than he raised in Q2, and now has $3,641 cash on hand. He’s doing considerably worse than Brown in fundraising, and ol’ Diggs isn’t even in the freakin’ country.

A new Big Line is on the way soon, which should make CD-4 a little more clear.