October 08, 2009 10:13 PM UTC

McInnis Wins 3Q Fundraising Race

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• by: ClubTwitty

I figured that since the others were diaries, even though I did post this in the open thread, that fair is fair to acknowledge Scott McInnis’ take, from the Sentinel:

Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Grand Junction, garnered $550,000 to take first place in the money race among candidates for governor.

McInnis outpaced the incumbent, Bill Ritter, a Democrat, who reported collecting $452,000 and state Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, who collected $419,000 in his bid.

UPDATE Some of the questions I posed were answered by Douglasm under the open thread:

From the Post

1706 donors and 92% were in state.

So, McInnis out raised Penry from 200+ more donors.  Both claim 92% from within Colorado.  Ritter got the most donors.

UPDATE2-Penry came in third, Ritter was between him and McInnis.  My mistake.

The big questions outstanding are the breakdowns:

In state v. outof-state?-

Who got the oil and gas money-And if it split-who got what oil and gas money (i.e. independents v. multi-nationals)?  Who got the most donors?

Still, that both (viable) GOP challengers either out raised or nearly matched Gov. Ritter must make some folks pretty nervous over there on Colfax.