January 07, 2012 12:58 AM UTC

Coffman Raises $415,000 In Q4

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• by: Colorado Pols

That’s the word from Kurtis Lee of the Denver paper this afternoon: incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman, facing a tough re-election campaign in a dramatically refashioned and competitive CD-6, has risen to the challenge with an excellent Q4 fundraising total–$415,000 raised in the 4th quarter, and just under $1 million total cash on hand.

For all the concern about Rep. Coffman’s political future after his conservative Douglas County constituency was stripped from his district last month, you can’t say Coffman isn’t taking this threat seriously. Politically, Coffman is in big trouble trying to build support in a district that will recoil from many of his avowed policy goals as a member of Congress.

Financially, he’s proving the resources to overcome a lot of adversity.

For Democrats, this naturally means candidate Joe Miklosi needs to show better fundraising performance, both in the recently-ended Q4 and the present quarter. Miklosi’s possible primary opponent, chiropractor Perry Haney, whose ability to raise funds (as opposed to self-fund) is totally unknown, has a tougher choice to make–self-funding solves some problems, but is Haney prepared to shovel his own money into this race as fast as Coffman can raise it?

Either way, Coffman just demonstrated the stakes in a manner that’s very difficult to argue with.