Gov. Bill Richardson's biggest expense was media: about $1.3M. The campaign spent $100,000 to buy the Iowa Democratic Party's voter file, and another $15K for voter files in Nevada. Richardson's staff is about a third of the size of his '08 Democratic rivals Clinton and Obama: only about $500K was spent on salaries. $147,000 of Richardson's receipts are stored in the campaign's general election account. He has more than $7.1M to spend in the primaries.
Political Money Line.com notes that Wes Clark's presidential committee is still open.
Joe Biden's FEC report is loaded with consultants -- media and fundraising. He paid out approx. $500K in salaries. He has about $2.7M on hand.
Chris Dodd spent more than $1M on television and more than $800K on salaries. He spent more than $166K on outside consultants. Dodd spent more than $35K on polling this quarter. He has about $6.4M on hand.
Sen. Sam Brownback has a thread-bare staff: he spent about $150K on salaries. He has $460K on hand.
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Really thought Biden would do better. He doesn't have much more than McCain (and that figure started this whole "when is he dropping" speculation).
Didn't know Dodd would do so well.
Haven't seen much on Edwards' numbers. Did Richardson surpass him in terms of warchest? For that matter, did Dodd?
Posted by PLM | July 16, 2007 1:07 PM