Tops Total from Halvorson's First 3.5 Months
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 1, 2008
MOKENA, IL – The campaign of 11th Congressional District GOP nominee Marty Ozinga announced Thursday that it had raised $446,035 since the beginning of April through April 30, the date upon which Ozinga was chosen to replace Tim Baldermann on the ballot. The campaign announced a total raised of $408,235 on Wednesday morning, but the overwhelming level of support the campaign is experiencing continued throughout the day.
Ozinga's Democratic opponent, career politician and Blagojevich rubber-stamp Debbie Halvorson, reported raising $427,374 over the first three and a half months of her campaign, when she was unopposed in the primary and was the guaranteed Democratic nominee. Ozinga raised almost $20,000 more than that, and he did it in three and a half weeks without having been slated on the ballot yet.
"I'm overwhelmed with the amount of support we're getting from people who are demanding change," Ozinga said Thursday. "We've gotten a late start, but I'm grateful that people from all over the district and throughout the state have given us the opportunity to level the playing field immediately."
Ozinga will announce his next fundraising numbers when he files a 2nd Quarter report with the Federal Election Commission on July 15, which will cover April through June.
"We're thrilled with these numbers – it demonstrates the kind of enthusiastic support Marty has," said Ozinga spokesman Andy Seré. "We're being supported by many people of both parties who recognize that a job-creator and community leader like Marty can bring the type of change to Washington that a career politician and Blagojevich rubber-stamp like Debbie Halvorson simply can't."
