5th District congressional candidates release latest FEC financial discosure

Republican Mo Brooks, left, and Democrat Steve Raby are vying for the 5th District seat currently held by Parker Griffith.

(From release)The candidates for Alabama's 5th District congressional seat have filed their July 15 Federal Election Commission disclosures (for periods thru June 30):

Mo Brooks (R) for Congress disclosed $259,005 cash on hand as of June 30.  Steve Raby (D) disclosed $114,484 cash on hand.  Post-primary contributions to Mo Brooks (June 2 thru June 30) totaled $140,955.

“Post-primary fundraising has been much better than expected,” said Mo Brooks.  “Citizens are contributing to us because they are deeply troubled by the direction Congress and the White House are taking America.  In sum, contributors see the 2010 elections as critical to America’s future.”

Three June fundraisers hosted by Dorothy & Julian Davidson (Research Park), Congressman Spencer Bachus (in Birmingham), and Dr. Cobb & Eloise Alexander (at their home) netted over $55,000.   On Thursday, July 15, Rep. Phil & Lisa Williams and Dr. Larry & Alexis Parker hosted a fundraiser that netted $30,000 (post-June 30 contributions are not included in July 15 FEC reports).

“The 5th Congressional District is pivotal to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reelection effort.  As a result, Speaker Pelosi’s liberal allies (personal injury trial lawyers, the NEA, labor unions, and the like) have already “invested” over $100,000 in Democrat Steve Raby’s campaign,” said Brooks.

Brooks added, “Remarkably, each of these liberal special interests (plus the ultra-liberal Alabama Democratic Conference and New South Coalition[1]) preferred Steve Raby in the Democratic Primary over his three apparently more conservative Democratic challengers.”[2]