October 26, 2016 10:22 AM UTC

Carroll Campaign Surging in Final Weeks

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Denver Post reports today, Democrat Morgan Carroll is not lacking in momentum in the final weeks of the 2016 election:

In less than three weeks, Democrat Morgan Carroll has raised nearly $424,000 for her race against Republican Mike Coffman — a major October windfall that ups the ante in one of Colorado’s most expensive races.

Coffman, the incumbent in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, has not released the amount of campaign cash he’s collected in the pre-election period that ran from Oct. 1 to Oct. 19. But the $423,600 that Carroll said she raised is much more than what Coffman or Democrat Andrew Romanoff netted two years ago in the homestretch of their 2014 fight for the seat, one of the nation’s most expensive that year. [Pols emphasis]

In fact, Carroll’s two-week haul is more than double what Coffman raised in the same period in 2014, when his campaign reported $185,095 in donations during a similar time frame. Lest you might be tempted to write this off as a late infusion of cash from a major donor or two, a press release from the Carroll campaign has some incredible numbers to consider:

The nearly $424k came from a mind-boggling 33,956 individual donors – with an average donation of $11.54.

Look, we’re long past the point where the outcome of this race will be decided by fundraising, but if you’re tracking momentum, there’s no question that Carroll has the upper hand with less than two weeks until Election Day.