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"I am interested in the seat and have been encouraged to look at it." - State House candidate Toby Forsberg (D) on his interest in the state Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Representative-elect Kurt Schrader (D).
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"Sitting around with nothing to do but adding up numbers. The fact is campaigns only report contributions of more than $200 to the FEC. The Novick campaign cannot find out what percentage of money actually came from in state."
They did figure that possibility in, and you still only get 45% max, not 60%. By contrast, Novick's total with unitemized donations is 77%.
Beyond the question of why the Merkley campaign would so vastly overstate the depth of their in-state support, is the question as to why 2 of every 3 dollars for his campaign is coming from people with much less vested interest in the seat.
And beyond that, if you say that it's still OK to be largely supported by non-Oregonians, what does it say that Merkley has raised 130K from Oregonian concerns...and Novick has raised almost 190K?