Republican Jeff Crank, one of six elephants running for congress in CD-5, announced his Q2 fundraising numbers today. Crank raised $210,000 and now has $75,000 cash on hand.
Click below for the full press release…
Jeff Crank for Congress filed its 2nd Quarter FEC Report today reporting a total of $209,695.43 raised with $75,519.73 cash on hand. Approximately 80 percent of the total contributions to Jeff Crank for Congress, including contributions less than $200 that are reported as “unitemized” on the report, came from Colorado donors.
“We are pleased with our fundraising numbers and are right on track with where we need to be,” said Jeff Crank, candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 5th District. “While some candidates have relied on Washington, DC special interest groups to raise money for their campaigns, our campaign shows substantial strength from right here in our own state and community.”
Jeff Crank calls on his opponents to also release the percentage of their total contributions that come from within the state. “It is important for voters in the district to know where candidate’s money is coming from – out of state special interest groups or from regular folks right here in our state and district,” said Crank.
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With good fundraising numbers like this, from Colorado donors, Crank is on track to win CD-5.
His FEC report says he raised $127,000. That’s pathetic for 3 months work.
Did he really release $210,000?? What’s the deal with this guy??
I just looked at the FEC site, and the data for Crank looks old. When do they update? Also how much did Rivera, and Lamborn raise?
Considering that conservative cash is being split 6-ways in CD-5, Crank’s Q2 numbers keep him very competitive. However, $210,000 is a meaningless statistic until Lamborn and Rivera release their fundraising reports.
True enough, doesn’t the official reporting period end on the 15th?
really? Look, you may like or dislike Crank, but at least be truthful with yourself (and Pols readers): Crank is a tax-raiser. Period.
Now how can Crank be a “tax raiser” when he has never held elected office?
Maybe because he was the lobbyist for one of the strongest backers of C&D in Colorado Springs: the Chamber of Commerce. There is no getting around that. Do you really think a lobbyist is going to represent the people if he is sent to congress? No. He will represent the special interests that sent him there. Like the lawyers and lobbiests who threw him a nice little fundraiser a couple weeks ago. Or maybe like the man who Crank facilitated a $2 million ++ sale of land adjacent to Peterson Air Force Base. Interesting that he contributes $2100 to the Crank campaign a week after the announcement. Was that a payback?
And you might think that Crank is a decorated war hero by his commercials. Talking about his experience in defense and showing soldiers and jets. When in actuality, Jeff chose to watch from the comfort of home when other men fought three wars.
That would be the fundraiser that no one attended? Whom do you suggest for the CD-5, Jay Faucettee? Lobbyist are not a favored part of our vocabulary right now, but whom did Crank lobby for? Well that would be folks who are helping our troops do their job. Again, whom do you suggest?
Interesting in this multi-candidate race is that, of the three candidates that appear to be in reasonable contention, Crank is in the center. Lamborn is the candidate of the radical right and Rivera is the candidate of the moderate center. Rivera is really the tax-hiker who really did campaign for C&D (and every other tax question ever since he was elected to city council). Crank actually opposed C&D and used his radio show to do it, and would have been moved out of the Chamber job for it had he not left to campaign for congress. Any vote that Rivera loses for his tax-hiking ways (or for his other screw ups and his blatant pandering or strong-arming for support that highlight his questionable ethics) will likely go to Crank, not to Lamborn. Any vote that Lamborn loses would go to Crank, not Rivera. Lamborn could lose lots of votes if an attack pops up that makes voters aware that Lamborn the lawyer is a good friend of the trial lawyers and an on-record opponent of any tort reform issue that would limit plaintiff’s ability to collect big damage awards and richly reward their ambulance-chasing lawyers. Crank is the middle and high-road candidate. If he is really raising enough money to get his name-id up and message out, he could come out on top. Only question is whether is will come too late to overcome Rivera’s name ID among uninformed voters. But how many of those uniformed voters will really cast ballots?