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As soon as he entered the gubernatorial race, state Sen. Joe Kenney (R-Wakefield) faced an uphill battle against Gov. John Lynch (D-Hopkinton) and recent financial filings highlight that challenge.

According to reports filed with the secretary of state, Kenney raised $39,825 for his campaign. Kenney spent $28,956, leaving his political action committee with a surplus of $10,867.

Candidates running for the New Hampshire state Senate spent over $1.5 million in the latest election.

According to the latest financial filings, Republican candidates spent a total of $505,497.45 and Democratic candidates spent a total of $1,070,961.69.

However, the tally does not include some candidates whose numbers have not yet been posted by the secretary of state. This list will be updated once those numbers have been posted.

A review of the major parties' state Senate political action committees show that the senate Democratic PAC outraised, and outspend, its Republican opponents.

Despite raising more money than the Republicans, the Democrats did not gain any seats in the state Senate and maintained their current majority of 14-10.

In the last election cycle, the major party House PACs spent almost the same amount of money, despite the Democrats raising more money than the Republican PAC.

The Committee to Elect House Democrats spent $88, 479 over the election cycle, while it raised $116,527. Meanwhile, the House Republican Victory PAC spent $82,025 and raised $95, 154.

The latest financial reports filed with the secretary of state's office show that the state Democratic committees have a significant financial advantage over their Republican opponents.

The New Hampshire State Democratic Caucus has $89,073 left for the remaining days of the campaign, while the Senate Republican Victory PAC has $10,895 remaining in its account.

Yesterday was the deadline for candidates to submit their latest fundraising numbers and cash-on-hand totals. Below, you will find a list of how much money candidates have left to spend in the remaining days of the campaign. Candidates who do not spend or raise more than $500 do not have to submit a report to the Secretary of State office.  Also, between now and Election Day, any candidate or political action committee that spends more than $500 is required to notify the Secretary of State office within 24 hours.

Below is a breakdown of the latest fundraising numbers in each state senate race. The numbers reflect the cash-on-hand for the candidates as reported on the Secretary of State website, if it says "not available" next to a candidate it means the office has not posted the candidate report. Republican candidates are in the first column and Democratic candidates in the second column. Candidates who do not raise and spend more than $500 are not required to file a fundraising report to the Secretary of State office. The (i) next to a candidate means that they are the incumbent in the race.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 17, 2008

Contact:

Alicia Preston

ap@theprestongroup.org

646-645-9373

CAROL SHEA-PORTER REDEFINES “SPECIAL INTEREST”

 Shea-Porter Takes Tens of Thousands From Special Interests & Lobbyists

Manchester, NH -- Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter ran on a platform of ethics in 2006.  This time around, Carol is repeating the same message, but seems not to practice what she’s preaching. 

Fundraising reports reveal that Gov. Lynch (D-Hopkinton) has raised significantly more money for his re-election campaign than his rival state Sen. Joe Kenney (R-Wakefield) did for his challenge.

In the latest fundraising period, Lynch raised $75,603 and Kenney raised $13,843, according to reports filed with the New Hampshire Secretary of State. Lynch also has $368,466 cash-on-hand compared to Kenney's $29,635.

U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes was able to outraise and outspend, his opponent, according to the latest round of Federal Election Commission reports.

The Concord Democratic congressman is running for re-election in the 2nd Congressional District against Jennifer Horn (R-Nashua).