Hawley trails McCaskill in Missouri Senate fundraising

[DonViejo]

BY LINDSAY WISE

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January 31, 2018 05:00 AM

Updated 3 hours 5 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The Republican party’s top pick to challenge Democrat Claire McCaskill — widely regarded as the most vulnerable Senate incumbent in the nation — raised just shy of $1 million in final three months of last year.

Hawley, the Missouri attorney general, is fundraising well ahead of other Republicans in the field. But he’s far short of the $2.9 million McCaskill collected during the fourth quarter of 2017.

Hawley raised $958,694 in the quarter and had $1.2 million on hand. A total of 1,490 donors have given him money, and 62 percent donated less than $250, his campaign said. His average donation in the fourth quarter was $761.

McCaskill had more than $9 million on hand. The average contribution to McCaskill last year was $64, according to her campaign, which said more than 107,000 people have donated to her re-election effort.

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[Sherman A1]

1. Good news

but, it's still very early in the game.

[pstokely]

2. he'll certainly get the Kochsucker cash

nt