For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Contact: Hannah Goss, hgoss@azdem.org
Money on the Mind: What to Look for Ahead of Tomorrow’s #AZSen FEC Filing Deadline
PHOENIX — Tomorrow is the first FEC filing deadline of 2022, meaning our wide-open GOP Senate primary candidates will have to show their cards and give some insight into the cash behind their campaigns.
What we already know: This “decidedly weak” primary field translated to *incredibly* weak Q1 fundraising hauls:
- Masters took in $1.1 million, less than he raised last quarter;
- Brnovich also announced he’d only raised $765,000; and
- Lamon supposedly raised “just under $1 million” from individuals other than himself…whatever that means.
What to look for as the candidates file their reports:
- How much did the field spend cozying up to Trump? Did Masters drop another $30,000 at Mar-A-Lago?
- Did Jim Lamon buy any more endorsements?
- Have National Republicans coalesced behind any one candidate yet — or are they still unimpressed by the Ducey-less field?
- Who maxed out to share a meal with Blake Masters Peter Thiel?
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