April 15, 2010 05:52 PM UTC

Expectations for Buck, Romanoff FEC Reports

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• by: RedGreen

(We’d say these expectations are a little handicapped for both, in reality they need more than that–but here’s the bar as set by The Hill – promoted by Colorado Pols)

UPDATE NO. 3: Still nothing from Romanoff, but The Spot reports Wiens raised — and gave his campaign — about the same as Buck:

Wiens, who is largely self-funding his campaign reported $100,931 contributions from individuals in the first quarter. He gave $98,319 to himself and had about $540,132 cash on hand.

UPDATE NO. 2: It’s after 5 p.m. and nothing from the Romanoff campaign.

UPDATE: Buck’s numbers are in. Better than 4th Quarter but the post-caucus bump doesn’t meet The Hill’s expectations, considering about half the total is a loan from Buck himself. From the campaign’s release:

The Ken Buck for Colorado Senate Campaign announced a total receipts of $218,791 raised in the first quarter of 2010, more than five times the receipts in the last quarter of 2009. The receipts include a $100,000 loan from Ken Buck. [emphasis added]

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Today’s the deadline for filing 1st Quarter FEC reports, and the two Senate candidates who aren’t running petition drives have yet to reveal their fundraising totals.

Already, Jane Norton has reported raising $816,000, and Michael Bennet said he brought in $1.4 million. Still to come: Ken Buck and Andrew Romanoff, who can either mount effective statewide campaigns through the summer or not. (Tom Wiens hasn’t released his totals either, but since he’s self-funding there isn’t as much anticipation for his report.)

The Hill’s Ballot Box takes a look and sets the bar:

The first-quarter fundraising reports of an election year mark a new phase in the campaign – a time when expectations grow and the numbers can make or break a candidate.

Strong numbers can give a long-shot candidate credibility; disappointing numbers can sink a favorite. […]

The former state House Speaker Romanoff, meanwhile, better have gotten at least a little bump from his victory over Bennet at the March precinct caucuses. Reasonable expectations are a couple hundred thousand dollars from Buck and half a million dollars from Romanoff [emphasis added], who raised $337,000 in the fourth quarter.

What say you, Polsters?