2020 Generic Ballot / Recruitment / Fundraising / Ratings Megathread v2

[Benjamin Frank]

When do the next fundraising totals come out?  I know they're quarterly up to June, but I would have thought with the election this close, the requirement might have changed to monthly.

Waiting until approximately October 15 for the next fundraising figures update seems a bit late to me.

[Benjamin Frank]

If this hasn't been posted, Opensecrets.org is starting to post updated fundraising totals as well.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)   $909,027   $403,023   $506,148   09/30/2020

[Benjamin Frank]

Getting away from the bright shiny object of Jaime Harrison's fundraising, what do people here think of Mariannette Miller-Meeks having raised only a little over $900,000 in total up to September 30 (according to opensecrets.org.) 

I know Iowa is cheap state, but she is supposed to be one of the Republican top pick up opportunities in an open district.  In contrast, opensecrets is reporting that David Young has now raised just over $2 million in total.

[Benjamin Frank]

These are all of the U.S House candidate fundraising figures that have been updated to September 30, 2020 per opensecrets.org from states alphabetically A-M

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1.Daniel Wood (R) Arizona 3rd, $28,193
2.Delina Di Santo (D) Arizona 4th, 57,850
3.Dave Giles (R) Arizona 9th, 117,481
4.David Valadao (R) California 21st, 2,451,751
5.Mike Garcia (R) California 25th, 4,376,339 (including special election fundraising)
6.James Bradley (R) California 33rd, 70,987
7.Brian Maryott (R) California 49th, 1,751,07
8.Juan Vargas (D) California 51st, 657,519
9.Steve House (R) Colorado 6th, 795,332
10.Mary Fay (R) Connecticut 1st, 24,606
11.Lee Murphy (R) Delaware-AL, 86,098
12.Dana Cottrell (D) Florida 11th, 47,444
13.Anna Paulina Luna (R) Florida 13th, 1,028,818
14.Alcee Hastings (D) Florida 20th, 563,063
15.Greg Musselwhite (R) Florida 20th, 27,458
16.Carlos Gimenez (R) Florida 26th, 1,197,546
17.Maria Salazar (R) Florida 27th, 1,913,397
18.Karen Handel (R) Georgia 6th, 1,929,103
19.Liz Johnson (D) Georgia 12th, 60,844
20.Ed Case (D) Hawaii 1st, 548,319
21.Joe Akana (R), Hawaii 2nd, 44,116
22.Mike Simpson (R) Idaho 2nd, 908,277
23.Mike Fricilone (R) Illinois 3rd, 91,360
24.Sargis Sangari (R) Illinois 9th, 27,099
25.Dani Brzozowksi (D) Illinois 16th, 374,524
26.Adam Kinzinger (R) Illinois 16th, 1,894,277
27.Chip Coldiron (D) Indiana 3rd, 60,943
28.Ashley Hinson (R) Iowa 1st, 2,734,634
29.Marianennette Miller-Meeks (R) Iowa 2nd, 909,027
30.David Young (R) Iowa 3rd, 2,001,651
31.Amanda Adkins (R) Kansas 3rd, 1,003,740
32.Brett Guthrie (R) Kentucky 2nd, 1,220,116
33.Rhonda Palazzo (R) Kentucky 3rd, 28,438
34.Cande Christophe (D) Louisiana 5th, 48,391
35.Helen Brady (R) Massachusetts 9th, 13,983
36.Eric Esshaki (R) Michigan 11th, 449,659
37.Tyler Kistner (R) Minnesota 3rd, 1,108,895
38.Collin Peterson (D) Minnesota 7th, 2,142,028
39.Ryan Derks (R) Missouri 5th, 57,114
40.Billy Long R) Missouri 7th, 1,252,040

[Benjamin Frank]

Campa-Najjar in 2018: Medicare for All is a moral imperative. Trust me, I'm progressive.
Campa-Najjar in 2019: Medicare for All isn't practical. I will now don my moderate outfit!
Campa-Najjar in 2020:

https://twitter.com/DavidNir/status/1316040958438408192

The only good thing you can say about him is that he'd still be better than Darrell Issa.  Of course, there is no third party candidate in that district due to the top two candidate California thing.

[Benjamin Frank]

Completing up to last night's reporting. These are all of the U.S House candidate fundraising figures that have been updated to September 30, 2020 per opensecrets.org from states alphabetically N-W (I wouldn't mind a state that started with 'Z'.)

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1.Matt Mowers (R) New Hampshire 1st, $727,836
2.Albio Sires (D) New Jersey 8th, 479,930
3.Rosemary Becchi (R) New Jersey 11th, 865,117
4.Douglas Tuman (R) New York 4th, 63,320
5.Nicole Malliotakis (R) New York 11th, 2,817,123
6.Claudia Tenney (R) New York 22nd, 942,777
7.Christopher Ward (D) North Carolina 7th, 16,260
8.David Parker (D) North Carolina 10th, 19,059
9.Nick Rubando (D)Ohio 5th, 225,508
10.Quentin Potter (D) Ohio 7th, 10,843
11.Tim Ryan (D) Ohio 13th, 1,447,629
12.Stephanie Bice (R) Oklahoma 5th, 1,511,954
13.Joanna Harbour (R) Oregon 3rd, 10,774
14.Jim Bognet (R) Pennsylvania 8th, 589,381
15.Gary Wegman (D) Pennsylvania 9th, 110,503
16.Sean Parnell (R) Pennsylvania 17th, 1,233,124
17.Chuck Fleischmann (R) Tennessee 3rd, 939,273
18.Steven Cohen (D) Tennessee 9th, 557,989
19.Nick Freitas (R) Virginia 7h, 1,063,243
20.Aliscia Andrews (R) Virginia 10th, 345,478
21.Doug McKinley (D) Washington 4th, 52,844
22.Jesse Jensen (R) Washington 8th, 217,971
23.Catherine Kunkel (D) West Virginia 2nd, 509,918
24.Derrick Van Orden (R) Wisconsin 3rd, 739,140

Edit to add
I misplaced the page I wrote these on last night
25.Louis Gohmert (R) Texas 1st, 481,753
26.Wesley Hunt (R) Texas 7th, 3,141,086
27.Johny Teague (R) Texas 9th, 73,529
28.Troy Nehls (R) Texas 22nd, 509,005
29.Carol  Iannuzzi (D) Texas 26th, 113,956
30.Demetrick Pennie (R) Texas 30th, 207,126
31.Genevieve Collins (R) Texas 32nd, 2,659,028
32.Fabian Cordova Vasquez (R) Texas 33rd, 32,721
33.John Kael Weston (D) Utah 2nd, 280,947

[Benjamin Frank]

So, 73 candidates had their latest financial reports on opensecrets, 51 Republicans and 22 Democrats (as of last night.)  

Not many Democrats, the only one I have a comment on is Catherine Kunkel in West Virginia 2nd.  I have the fundraising figures up to June 30th written down, but I haven't looked at them yet, but I believe she raised something like $260,000 in the 3rd quarter.  I doubt she'll win, but she is reasonably competitive.

On the Republican side.
1.I'm surprised with Mariannette Miller-Meeks disappointing fundraising relative to Ashley Hinson and David Young.  Iowa 2nd is the only Democratic competitive open district and the polls show her to be much more competitive than either Hinson or Young.

2.Erik Esshaki doesn't seem to be making his challenge competitive and nor does Aliscia Andrews, both against 1st term Democrats.

3.Jesse Jensen received a brief bounce in publicity after the primary results, but he clearly hasn't parlayed that into fundraising.

[Benjamin Frank]

Another 26 are now reporting on opensecrets.org bringing the total to 99.  Most reporting are Republicans.

Added today
1.Tiffany Shedd (R) Arizona 1st, $666,666
2.Michelle Steel (R) California 48th, 3,381,778
3.Leo Valentin (R) Florida 7th, 527,643
4.Jesus Garcia (D) Illinois 4th, 757,319
5.Jeanne Ives (R) Illinois 6th, 1,581,162
6.Jim Oberweis (R) Illinois 14th, 1,451,625
7.Esther Joy King (R) Illinois 17th, 914,610
8.Dale Crafts (R) Maine 2nd, 388,313
9.Kendall Qualls (R) Minnesota 3rd, 896,023
10.Michelle Fischbach (R) Minnesota 7th, 1,053,824
11.Jim Marchant (R) Nevada 4th, 612,008
12.David Richter (R) New Jersey 3rd, 840,958
13.Frank Pallotta (R) New Jersey 5th, 719,748
14.Tom Kean Jr (R) New Jersey 7th, 2,121,458
15.Yvette Herrell (R) New Mexico 2nd, 1,285,113
16.Chele Farley (R) New York 18th, 900,578
17.Kyle Van De Water (R) New York 19th, 54,089
18.Alma Adams (D) North Carolina 12th, 711,610
19.Jaime Castle (D) Ohio 2nd, 236,572
20.Alek Skarlatos (R) Oregon 4th, 1,343,220
21.Tony Gonzales (R) Texas 23rd, 1,160,880
22.Beth Van Duyne (R) Texas 24th, 1,431,965
23.Darren Parry (D) Utah 1st, 30,346
24.Bugess Owens (R) Utah 4th, 845,554
25.Scott Taylor (R) Virginia 2nd, 930,389
26.Jessica King (D) Wisconsin 6th, 241,164

This makes 72 Republicans and 27 Democrats having reported and posted on opensecrets.org.

[Benjamin Frank]

Another 33 are now reporting on opensecrets.org bringing the total to 132.  Most reporting are Republicans.

1.Rick Neighbors (D) Alabama 4th, $30,394
2.Ted Howze (R) California 10th, 1,035,709
3.David Kim (D) California 34th, 163,293
4.Alan Lowenthal (D) California 47th, 607,531
5.Scott Peters (D) California 52nd, 1,736,622
6.Phil Ehr (D) Florida 1st, 1,439,244
7.Gary Adler (R) Florida 5th, 110,267
8.Drew Ferguson (R) Georgia 3rd, 2,162,803
9.Richard Allen (R) Georgia 12th, 1,050,474
10.Becky Hites (R) Georgia 13th, 51,249
11.Greg Pence (R) Indiana 6th, 2,757,982
12.Johnny Ray Salling (R) Maryland 2nd, 50,116
13.Chris Polombi (R) Maryland 5th, 39,122
14.Gregory Coll (R) Maryland 8th, 17,095
15.Gena Ross (D) Missouri 6th, 7,512
16.Dan Rodimer (R) Nevada 3rd, 940,724
17.Michelle Garcia Holmes (R) New Mexico 1st, 338,247
18.G.K Butterfield (D) North Carolina 1st, 869,445
19.Sandy Smith (R) North Carolina 1st, 1,270,069
20.Virginia Foxx (R) North Carolina 5th 1,679,015
21.Joseph Lee Haywood (R) North Carolina 6th, 58,338
22.Bob Gibbs (R) Ohio 7th, 750,195
23.Marcia Fudge (D) Ohio 11th, 628,213
24.Kojo Asamoa-Caesar (D) Oklahoma 1st, 135,544
25.Amy Ryan Courser (R) Oregon 5th, 170,468
26.Meg Gorman (D) Tennessee 3rd, 74,311
27.Scott Desjarlais (R) Tennessee 4th, 305,959
28.Jim Cooper (D) Tennesee 5th, 848,024
29.Chip Roy (R) Texas 21st, 4,186,407
30.John Curtis (R) Utah 3rd, 774,544
31.Don Beyer (D) Virginia 8th, 1,587,100
32.Alex Mooney (R) West Virginia 2nd, 1,847,870
33.Peter Theron (R) Wisconsin 2nd, 36,365

In total, 93 Republicans and 39 Democrats have reported as per Opensecrets.org

[Benjamin Frank]

Another 40 are now reporting on opensecrets.org bringing the total to 172.  Most reporting are Republicans.

1.James Averhart (D) Alabama 1st, $63,253
2.Barry Moore (R) Alabama 2nd, 569,218
3.Steve Womack (R) Arkansas 3rd, 938,657
4.Diana DeGette (D) Colorado 1st, 1,050,809
5.Ed Perlmutter (D) Colorado 7th, 1,434,179
6.Christine Quinn (R) Florida 14th, 77,982
7.Mario Diaz Balart (R) Florida 25th, 1,440,461
8.Jan Schakowsky (D) Illinois 9th, 1,747,606
9.Frank Mrvan (D) Indiana 1st, 416,412
10.Patricia Hackett (D) Indiana 2nd, 710,784
11.Larry Buchshson (R) Indiana 8th, 911,262
12.Neil Parrott (R) Maryland 6th, 266,430
13.Julie Hall (R) Massachusetts 4th, 104,147
14.John Paul Moran (R) Massachusetts 6th, 218,951
15.Jeff Jones (R) Michigan 12th, 6,396
16.Antonia Eliason (D) Mississippi 1st 14,398
17.Bennie Thompson (D) Mississippi 2nd, 1,156,594
18.Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) Missouri 3rd, 1,527,362
19.Patricia Ackerman (D) Nevada 2nd, 356,064
20.Steve Negron (R) New Hampshire 2nd, 323,408
21.Carolyn Maloney (D) New York 12th, 2,429,336
22.Lovelynn Gwinn (R) New York 13th, 34,463
23.Elizabeth Joy (R) New York 20th, 328,406
24.Warren Davidson (R) Ohio 8th, 895,489
25.Rob Weber (R) Ohio 9th, 124,792
26.Joel Newby (D) Ohio 15th, 46,643
27.Aaron Godfrey (D) Ohio 16th, 48,506
28.Dan Meuser (R) Pennsylvania 9th, 877,416
29.Lee Griffin (D) Pennsylvania 12, 34,329
30.Mike Doyle (D) Pennsylvania 18, 902,898
31.Renee Hoyos (D) Tennessee 2nd, 714,964
32.David Kustoff (R) Tennessee 8th, 1,275,212
33.Al Green (D) Texas 9th, 410,928
34.John Mark Hogg (D) Texas 11th, 111,367
35.Adrienne Bell (D) Texas 14th, 224,334
36.Monica De La Cruz (R) Texas 15th, 362,019
37.Brandon Rashad Lewis (D) Texas 36th, 11,592
38.Dave Wilson (D) Washington 5th, 80,555
39.Doug Basler (R) Washington 9th, 13,926
40.Gwen Moore (D) Wisconsin 4th, 1,045,701

112 Republicans and 60 Democrats now reporting as per opensecrets.org

[Benjamin Frank]

Edited by mistake.

[Benjamin Frank]

Opensecrets.org has updated their $ figures for Alek Skarlatos and Burgess Owens, and the $ figures posted in the tweets were correct.

I don't think opensecrets.org made an intentional mistake initially, but they changed the date from 6/30 to 9/30 without updating the $ figure.  Bunch of jerks.

Oh well, I think they're mostly volunteers, so can't be too hard on them.

[Benjamin Frank]

On the other issue regarding Pete DeFazio, if he is re-elected, which I think is still most likely, he really needs to retire.  He was first elected to the U.S House in 1986.