LANSING, Mich. (MIRS News) – Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Detroit) has spent $3 million of his own money in his bid to win the new 13th Congressional seat and is sitting on $2.1 million more in the final days of the Democratic primary race.
From April 1 to June 30, the first-term state House member and former gubernatorial candidate reported raising $424 from other people in his bid for the Detroit-based seat, according to July quarterly reports due to the Federal Elections Commission.
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He has sunk $5.1 million into the campaign, nearly twice the $2.7 million every other Michigan congressional candidate (incumbent and challenger) has out in personal loans combined.
His chief primary opponent, Sen. Adam Hollier (D-Detroit), raised $397,783 for the period and $909,296 for the cycle. Fellow MI-13 candidates Portia Roberson raised $120,835 and Michael Griffie accumulated $65,483.
Hollier has spent $555,000; Roberson $295,000 and Griffie $302,000.
The other Democratic candidates in the primary have raised substantially less or had not reported by 10:15 p.m. this evening.
The 2Q reports show U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) as, once again, the big fundraising winner with $1.247 million raise, giving her $6 million raised for the cycle and $6.5 million in cash on hand.
Likely MI-7 Republican opponent, Sen. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte), reported $596,295 raised for the quarter – the third most among Michigan congressional challengers – and $1.33 million raised for the cycle. He’s sitting on $439,049. Slotkin has about 15 times more.
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Rep. Haley Stevens (D), locked in a competitive Democratic primary with Rep. Andy LEVIN (D), reported raising $996,434 for 2Q, giving her $4.6 million raised for the quarter. She spent nearly $3 million.
Levin, by comparison, raised $554,164 for 2Q and $2.6 million for the cycle. He has spent $1.89 million on the race.
The top Republican fundraiser is MI-10 candidate John James with $958,215 raised for the period and $1.8 million for the cycle. His $2.43 million in the bank is 15 times larger than the $166,339 his five Democratic opponents have in cash on hand combined.
As for that MI-10 Democratic primary, Warren Council member Angela Rogensues raised the most for the period at $119,922, but Huwaida Arraf has raised the most for the cycle with $487,679.
The presumed frontrunner, former Judge Carl Marlinga, has raised $109,556 for the period and $304,580 for the cycle.
In other races of note, U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R) raised $576,783 compared to John GIBBS’s $165,020 in the MI-3 Republican primary. Meijer has out-raised Gibbs overall $2.5 million to $304,522 for the primary.
Meanwhile, Democrat MI-3 candidate Hillary Scholten raised $641,862, giving her $901,712 in cash on hand.
Meijer has $1.4 million in cash on hand. Gibbs has $124,575.
In the 8th Congressional district, Republicans Paul Junge and Matt Seely each raised about the same — $46,900 — for the period, but Junge has reported $1.25 raised for the cycle. He has spent $741,933 during the campaign to Seely’s $58,888. Both Republicans have dropped about $550,000 of their own money into the campaign.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) raised $887,104 these last three months, giving him $3.1 million in the bank.
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