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CFRs and the 20th Senate

by: memiller

Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 10:24:21 AM EST

Most observers agree that the only road to a Democratic majority in the Michigan Senate runs through Kalamazoo. Now that Campaign Finance Reports are out for 2009, how do the contenders stand?

Raised Spent

Taylor $112,100 $5,769
Totten $133,862 $13,826
Jones $14,463 $3,754

DeShazor $0 $0
Wenke $57,395 $38,058
Schuitmaker $148,510 $22,122

Robert B. Jones, 60th District incumbent Representative, appears (at first glance) to be in third place in fundraising among the Democratic contenders. He also has roughly a $15,000 balance in his House Committee that could be transferred, and presumably being a veteran legislator will be able to raise money as needed.

John Taylor, a veteran County Commissioner, has raised a surprising $112,000. Digging a little deeper, however, $100,000 is a loan to the campaign (presumably from himself), which has not been spent and could be easily returned if it came to that.

Mark Totten is a Kalamazoo native, who received a law degree and PhD. in Ethics from Yale, served in the Justice Dept. in DC, then returned to Michigan and is currently a law professor at MSU. His impressive $134,000 has been raised primarily from his network of Yale and DC contacts.

It may be mildly surprising that Larry DeShazor has not begun raising money for his Senate bid yet, but he jumped in late, and the one-term 61st District Representative should have little trouble raising money in Portage, where he served on the City Council.

Lorence Wenke can presumably write himself a check for whatever is required.

80th District Representative Tonya Schuitmaker raised $148,000 (again, $100,000 from herself), and appears to be well-placed for this run.

So, the numbers are less surprising, and tell us a bit less than appears at first glance.

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if it is not obvious, that the first three are Democrats, and the last three Republicans.

by: memiller @ Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 09:31:37 AM CST

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If you add the state house information to DeShazor (4.00 / 1)

total, he has an additional $2,343 he can through into the race. I don't doubt that DeShazor can raise the money-I'm sure he will. That said, he's against two candidates who will not have a problem matching him. I'm wondering whether DeShazor and Wenke will cancel each other out among the moderate voters in the GOP primary, allowing Schuitmaker to win a race she otherwise could not win. We'll see in August.

by: pbratt @ Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 09:42:16 AM CST

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are you suggesting taylor might drop out?

if so, do you think totten stands a good chance against jones?

by: rudysmith @ Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 18:33:20 PM CST

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From anything I have heard from Taylor, (0.00 / 0)

(and he sat next to me at last week's candidate breakfast), I have no reason to think he would drop out. All I am saying, is that if I were a young man who had $100,000 saved up, and lent it to my campaign to make a good showing, I might think twice about actually spending it on a rather dicey proposition - a six-to-one shot, even if you assume all the candidates are starting even. I might wait to see what developed, and keep my options open, but not actually spend that nut. But that's just me, I'm not saying that Taylor is thinking that way.

As to your second question - it's a good question. I wish I could answer it.

by: memiller @ Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 10:07:02 AM CST

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