MT-Sen: Amanda Curtis (D) raises $440K in one month

[Tender Branson]

Curtis raises $437K in U.S. Senate race

HELENA - U.S. Senate candidate Amanda Curtis (D) has revealed how she's doing in the fundraising race.

A campaign spokesman said in an email Monday that Curtis has raised nearly $437,000, with more than 70 percent of that from Montana donors.

Curtis campaign spokesman Les Braswell said the campaign still has $403,000 left to spend.

She began her campaign in mid-August, replacing John Walsh on the ticket. Walsh dropped out of the race amid allegations of plagiarism.

Curtis' Republican opponent, U.S. Representative Steve Daines, had raised more than $4 million as of the end of June and had more than $1.7 million in the bank.

http://www.kbzk.com/news/curtis-raises-437k-in-u-s-senate-race

[Antonio the Sixth]

#curtismentum

[RI]

#curtismentum

Yeah, at this rate she might break 40%.

[KCDem]

That's actually a pretty unimpressive COH figure for Daines. He wins by low double digits though. Probably the same margin as Capito in West Virginia.

[Vega]

Has anyone polled this at all lately? I know the Republican will win, but still, give us some numbers.

[Vosem]

I'll be really surprised if Daines fails to break 60%.

[Maxwell]

If she continues to raise money at this race, it may be a single digit race, albeit high single digits for Daines, but impressive nevertheless.

[Bacon King]

Has anyone polled this at all lately? I know the Republican will win, but still, give us some numbers.

don't expect to see MT polled much if at all: conventional wisdom isn't considering it remotely competitive and it's one of two states (along with ND) that ban robopolls so it's expensive to poll

[cinyc]

Has anyone polled this at all lately? I know the Republican will win, but still, give us some numbers.

don't expect to see MT polled much if at all: conventional wisdom isn't considering it remotely competitive and it's one of two states (along with ND) that ban robopolls so it's expensive to poll

Since when does Montana ban robopolls?  Both Rasmussen and PPP have polled it this cycle, suggesting that it doesn't.  IIRC, the other state besides North Dakota than bans robopolls is Indiana.

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If she continues to raise money at this race, it may be a single digit race, albeit high single digits for Daines, but impressive nevertheless.

If she loses by less than 10, I'd say there's a good chance she'll be Senator someday.

[IceSpear]

I'll be really surprised if Daines fails to break 60%.

Since libertarians usually get a decent share of the vote in Montana, I'd be surprised if he DOES break 60.

[KCDem]

I'll be really surprised if Daines fails to break 60%.

Never gonna happen.

[Bacon King]

Has anyone polled this at all lately? I know the Republican will win, but still, give us some numbers.

don't expect to see MT polled much if at all: conventional wisdom isn't considering it remotely competitive and it's one of two states (along with ND) that ban robopolls so it's expensive to poll

Since when does Montana ban robopolls?  Both Rasmussen and PPP have polled it this cycle, suggesting that it doesn't.  IIRC, the other state besides North Dakota than bans robopolls is Indiana.

f[Inks] you might be right, now that you mention it I'm not very sure.

I know there are two states that ban robopolls and I remember they both had Senate elections in 2012 with come-from-behind Democratic victories. I knew one of the two is ND but thinking about it I don't actually know where I got MT from and it might very well be Indiana

[Mr. Morden]

Has anyone polled this at all lately? I know the Republican will win, but still, give us some numbers.

don't expect to see MT polled much if at all: conventional wisdom isn't considering it remotely competitive and it's one of two states (along with ND) that ban robopolls so it's expensive to poll

Since when does Montana ban robopolls?  Both Rasmussen and PPP have polled it this cycle, suggesting that it doesn't.  IIRC, the other state besides North Dakota than bans robopolls is Indiana.

f[Inks] you might be right, now that you mention it I'm not very sure.

I know there are two states that ban robopolls and I remember they both had Senate elections in 2012 with come-from-behind Democratic victories. I knew one of the two is ND but thinking about it I don't actually know where I got MT from and it might very well be Indiana

Indiana definitely bans robo-polls.

[Bacon King]

roger that, thanks for the correction cynic and morden