The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a story suggesting that Democratic challenger, Tom Hayhurst, may pose a credible threat to Mark Souder in Indiana’s 3rd District, at least insofar as fund raising is concerned.
A summer of asking Democrats to rally around him to run against Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, next year has garnered City Councilman Tom Hayhurst $57,000, an unusually strong showing for a northeast Indiana congressional challenger a year before the election.
Souder has apparently averaged campaign funds of $250,000 while his challengers have averaged about $100,000.
Hayhurst is an Airforce Veteran, a doctor who has led the rallies with Vets to keep the VA Hospital open in Fort Wayne. Souder apparently opted out of Viet Nam for religious reasons. Souder may also be vulnerable for pouring money down the rat hole that is Iraq, not to mention Souder apparently ran on a “term limits” platform back in ’94 and now he’s running for his 7th term.
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