From a Nels Ackerson press release –
Fourth District Congressional candidate Nels Ackerson received more contributions from individuals than his opponent, Congressman Steve Buyer, who raised roughly 65 percent of his campaign funds from political action committees and other special interests. Ackerson has raised more money from individuals every quarter since he entered the race.
Individual donors contributed more money to Ackerson than Buyer, and 85 percent of Ackerson’s campaign funds came from individuals. Buyer, on the other hand, raised most of his second quarter funds from political action committees and other special interests.
“Fourth District residents need to take a hard look at who’s shelling out big bucks to keep Steve Buyer in Congress,” Ackerson said. “I’m grateful that I have so much support from Hoosiers who believe we need to return bipartisan leadership to Congress and break away from the culture of corruption that has taken over Washington.”
Ackerson raised $104,000 for the Second Quarter. I haven’t seen the actual reports yet, so I don’t know how this compares overall to Buyer. However, Buyer has a reputation for getting a lot of PAC dollars, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he outraises Ackerson overall, even if individual voters aren’t getting all that excited about another couple of years of Steve Buyer.
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