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Harris Mayoral Campaign Raises over $105,000 - Says fundraising total shows vast support for campaign
Mayoral candidate Franco “Dok” Harris today announced that he has raised over $105,000 from over 200 individuals to date. Harris is the only candidate who is employing campaign contribution limits, which are modeled after the Federal rules.
“I am greatly honored by the outpouring of support we are receiving,” Harris said. “With the strong financial backing – in spite of self-imposed contribution limits – and the vast number of people supporting our cause, we are building the momentum necessary for victory this November. ”
Harris said that the broad base of support is a sign that Pittsburghers want to depart from the politics of the past and are ready to forge ahead with new leadership.
“Pittsburghers want a mayor who represents them, not big campaign contributors,” Harris said. “They want a leader who will fight to reduce violent crime, and create a city which embraces small business. As your mayor, I will be committed to transparency and good government – our City deserves better than business as usual.”
Something about this just doesn’t make sense. $100,000 from 200 donors is an average of $500. It’s kind of hard to see how you get an average that high from small donations if you have a self-imposed limit. I went to check it out on his finance report online, but it looks like he didn’t post a report for his PAC. (Maybe he filed late?)
follow-up: He filed his report under his name, rather than under his PAC. A number of contributions in the $1,000’s. What is his self-imposed limit?
His limit is $2,400.
The Post-Gazette says that he is saying that his limit is actually $4,800 — more than the federal limit and that he didn’t even stick to this.
http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/earlyreturns/archive/2009/07/22/harris-on-campaign-finance.aspx