Cuomo: $23.6m CoH

[Lunar]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/nyregion/16campaign.html?_r=1

Yikes

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yowza......but Lunar, is this even a real "race"?   I mean Cuomo up by 32%?  Damn.

[Sam Spade]

Ah - lax NY fundraising rules at work... 

[Lunar]

Lazio has $688K CoH, which includes a $200k loan he made to himself

[Meeker]

Hahahahaha

Lovely.

[Sam Spade]

Lazio has $688K CoH, which includes a $200k loan he made to himself

Pretty sad, but expected.

[Lunar]

What's Schumer's CoH?  Schumer has to work with a $2k donation limit instead of a $50k one.  He had like $19m back in February

[Meeker]

What's Schumer's CoH?  Schumer has to work with a $2k donation limit instead of a $50k one.  He had like $19m back in February

He had $22m back at the start of April. His Q2 isn't posted yet but I wouldn't be surprised to see him above $30m.

[Sam Spade]

Was reading NY Post today at lunch. 

Apparently both Spitzer (2006) and Pataki (2002) had more CoH at this point than Cuomo ($36 million and $32 million respectively), although it really doesn't matter.

[Lunar]

Was reading NY Post today at lunch. 

Apparently both Spitzer (2006) and Pataki (2002) had more CoH at this point than Cuomo ($36 million and $32 million respectively), although it really doesn't matter.

The NYT story says this though?

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s campaign for governor said on Thursday that it had raised more than $9 million in the first half of the year and had $23.6 million on hand.

The latter figure is the largest ever reported by a statewide candidate, according to an analysis by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

[Sam Spade]

Was reading NY Post today at lunch. 

Apparently both Spitzer (2006) and Pataki (2002) had more CoH at this point than Cuomo ($36 million and $32 million respectively), although it really doesn't matter.

The NYT story says this though?

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo’s campaign for governor said on Thursday that it had raised more than $9 million in the first half of the year and had $23.6 million on hand.

The latter figure is the largest ever reported by a statewide candidate, according to an analysis by the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Hmmm...  Gonna have to actually look this up, since in terms of accuracy I trust neither paper.

[Sam Spade]

This story for Spitzer as of July 18, 2006 says $16 million CoH as of that date, so it appears like NYT was right in that regard.

http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/spent-12534--.html

Same article says Pataki spent (and therefore obviously raised) $45 million in 2002, but I don't have specifics on July numbers.

[Lunar]

Sam about a minute into this video, then skipping forward to 4 minutes into this video, the numbers are explained:

http://www.youtube.com/user/StateofPolitics#p/a/u/1/2_OhhVT3yZ0

Cuomo has broken every single record in NY state history on cash on hand at this point in the cycle, but Spitzer & Pataki outraised him in total.  Spitzer was spending a lot of money, partially because of Suozzi, while Cuomo didn't even announce until half the way through the cycle

[Sam Spade]

Thanks.

[ajc0918]

Still less than Rick Scott's attempt to buy the Florida Governorship $24.9M and counting.
And get this, he's actually asking for campaign donations on facebook. Come on Scott.

[Lunar]

If Paladino wins the GOP primary, as looks increasingly likely since he appears on track to outspend Lazio 4-1, it would probably kill the Conservative Party unless Lazio got nominated to a judgeship. 

Parties need to get 50,000 votes on the governor's line to retain automatic ballot status, and Paladino is not in the Conservative primary.

[Eraserhead]

I love Paladino's facebook ads. "Tired of the status CUOMO?" Genius stuff.

[Lunar]

I love Paladino's facebook ads. "Tired of the status CUOMO?" Genius stuff.

One of Mario Cuomo's no-name opponents came up with that, and then Lazio copied it ("Break the Status Cuomo!"), and then Paladino copied Lazio