NYPIRG: Senate Dems vs Senate GOP Jan 2012

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January 19, 2012                                                          Bill Mahoney (518) 817-3738


      Comparison of Senate Conferences’ Fundraising and Money in the Bank


                                                TOTAL IN THE BANK

                        Democrats
                        TOTAL IN BANK                                             $3,226,155.62
                       Incumbents                                                 $3,972,529.01
                       Party                                                        $212,034.73
                       Incumbents' PACs                                              $78,942.64
                       Former Incumbents                                            $930,358.67
                       Other Current/ Former Candidates                             $288,311.96
                       Candidate Debt                                               -$23,500.00
                       Party Debt                                                -$1,780,000.00
                       Carl Kruger                                                -$452,521.391
                       IDC
                       TOTAL IN BANK                                              $1,550,179.62
                       Incumbents                                                 $1,347,362.46
                       PAC                                                         $213,817.16
                       Candidate Debt                                               -$11,000.00
                       Republicans
                       TOTAL IN BANK                                             $15,041,583.91
                       Incumbents                                                 $9,362,413.18
                       Party                                                      $4,914,003.82
                       Other Current/ Former Candidates                            $402,260.20
                       Former Incumbents                                           $383,139.34
                       Candidate Debt                                               -$20,232.63




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  While former Senator Kruger has nearly half a million left in the bank, it is possible that he will spend it on legal
fees (he spent $554,163.70 on this purpose over the past six months). Even if he does not, there is a good chance
that other candidates or the party might not accept financial transfers from him. For this reason, we left his totals
out of those the Democratic conference.
                    TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Democrats
6 Month Contribution Totals               $2,740,618.97
  Incumbents                              $1,569,472.39
  Party                                     $548,101.24
  Incumbents' PACs                           $56,728.34
  Former Incumbents                           $1,725.00
  Other Current/ Former Candidates          $187,834.74
  Housekeeping                              $376,757.26
  IDC
6 Month Contribution Totals                $862,177.59
  Incumbents                               $637,970.59
  PAC                                      $224,207.00
  Republicans
6 Month Contribution Totals               $7,341,103.79
  Incumbents                              $4,184,649.76
  Party                                   $1,724,842.72
  Other Current/ Former Candidates          $155,911.31
  Houskeeping                             $1,275,700.00