October 13, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Peggy Lamm Raises $89,084

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• by: Colorado Pols

Democrat Peggy Lamm has filed her Q3 fundraising reports, coming in about $4,000 less than what she raised in Q2. Lamm reported raising $89,084 in Q3, leaving her about $121,000 cash-on-hand.

As we wrote earlier this week when fellow Democrat Ed Perlmutter announced a modest $105,000 raised in Q3, Lamm had a chance to make a move up if she had finished with a strong quarter…but she didn’t.

Ordinarily Lamm’s first two quarters would be fairly impressive, but it’s all relative in a competitive race like CD-7. Perlmutter has more than twice as much money in the bank, and Republican Rick O’Donnell is expected to be stronger financially than both Lamm and Perlmutter. A showing like this also  isn’t going to help Lamm convince a group like EMILYs List that she is worthy of consideration for their support, and that is probably the biggest repurcussion of all.

On the other hand, Lamm has raised enough money that she can hang around, and she got a lot closer to Perlmutter in Q3 than she did in Q2. She spent $51,000 in Q3 and is using money for something. Lamm has raised enough to stay competitive, even if she’s not yet over the hump to be called a serious threat. Sometimes just hanging around is enough.

Kevin McCasky Jefferson County Commissioner