Connecticut Local Politics

Not a huge surprise that this was filed on a Friday Friday night:

Total Q4 Contributions: $131,133.33 ($70,426.00 from individuals; $60,707.33 from PACs)

Total Cycle-To-Date: $397,685.33

Q4 Burn: $97,304.07 (!)

Cash on Hand: $238,247.23

Well, it isn’t as bad as last quarter (>$70,000), but is still about $65,000 less than his debut 2nd quarter. The $200k + change simply isn’t enough to be competitive (Congressman Murphy had almost $1MM on hand at the end of the 3rd quarter), especially given the well-documented money woes of the NRCC (and the number of competitive seats they will have to defend before thinking about offense).

The most disturbing part of the report isn’t the receipts, however – it is the amount of (the almost $100k!) of disbursements that went to campaign consultants.

It isn’t hard to see why a primary is brewing in the 5th…