{"id":9344,"date":"2009-07-10T18:16:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T18:16:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-07-10T18:16:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T18:16:26","slug":"ca45-pougnet-has-big-fundraising-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/10\/ca45-pougnet-has-big-fundraising-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"CA-45: Pougnet Has Big Fundraising Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While candidates for state and federal office have until July 15 to announce their fundraising totals to the FEC, we&#8217;re starting to see some of the numbers trickle out. &nbsp;And this is a pretty good one. &nbsp;Steve Pougnet, the openly gay mayor of Palm Springs, husband and father of two, reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/scorecard\/0709\/Bono_Mack_challenger_in_the_money.html?showall\">raised over $200,000<\/a> in the second quarter. &nbsp;He claimed to have outraised his opponent, incumbent Mary Bono Mack, although the Republican has not yet released her numbers.<\/p>\n<p>$200,000 is a better quarter than almost all Democratic challengers achieved at any point in the last Congressional cycle until the final fundraising quarter. &nbsp;It&#8217;s particularly impressive this far out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>With Bono Mack <a href=\"https:\/\/calitics.com\/diary\/9277\/ca45-bono-mack-being-hunted\">facing heat from her right flank<\/a> over her vote for the Waxman-Markey energy bill, she may not have the kind of national backing she could need. &nbsp;Bono Mack has performed impressively in this seat throughout her career and she remains heavily favored, but Pougnet will have a chance in a district that went 52-47 for Barack Obama in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While candidates for state and federal office have until July 15 to announce their fundraising totals to the FEC, we&#8217;re starting to see some of the numbers trickle out. &nbsp;And this is a pretty good one. &nbsp;Steve Pougnet, the openly gay mayor of Palm Springs, husband and father of two, reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/scorecard\/0709\/Bono_Mack_challenger_in_the_money.html?showall\">raised over $200,000<\/a> in the second quarter. &nbsp;He claimed to have outraised his opponent, incumbent Mary Bono Mack, although the Republican has not yet released her numbers.<\/p>\n<p>$200,000 is a better quarter than almost all Democratic challengers achieved at any point in the last Congressional cycle until the final fundraising quarter. &nbsp;It&#8217;s particularly impressive this far out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>With Bono Mack <a href=\"https:\/\/calitics.com\/diary\/9277\/ca45-bono-mack-being-hunted\">facing heat from her right flank<\/a> over her vote for the Waxman-Markey energy bill, she may not have the kind of national backing she could need. &nbsp;Bono Mack has performed impressively in this seat throughout her career and she remains heavily favored, but Pougnet will have a chance in a district that went 52-47 for Barack Obama in 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