House candidate Susie Lee raises $550K in first quarter
The campaign for Democrat Susie Lee announced on Wednesday that the local philanthropist and nonprofit organizer had amassed another hefty fundraising haul.
Lee, who is running in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, raised $550,000 in the first quarter and has more than $1 million on hand, her campaign said.
“I am honored by the broad support my campaign is receiving,” Lee said in a statement. “Our campaign has a large and growing grassroots coalition that will win in November, and
I’m looking forward to continuing to share our message of common sense, results-oriented leadership with Nevada voters.”
Lee’s campaign finance disclosure had not been filed with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday. The filing deadline is April 15.
Lee, who has endorsements from top Democrats such as former Vice President Joe Biden and former U.S. Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, is considered the front-runner in the crowded field of seven Democrats vying to replace Democrat Jacky Rosen, who won the seat in 2016. Rosen is vacating the seat to challenge U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-nev.
In the other primary, businessman Danny Tarkanian, state Sen. Scott Hammond and former KLASTV, Channel 8, consumer reporter Michelle Mortensen are among the eight Republicans in the field for the June 12 primary.
Double endorsement
It’s not every day that two competing candidates get endorsed by the same group, but that’s exactly what happened this week.
On Tuesday, the Twitter account for the campaign of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak tweeted thanks for an endorsement from the The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 4041.
Sixteen minutes later, the campaign Twitter account for fellow Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, also running for governor, announced that she had been endorsed by the public employee trade union.
Harry Schiffman, president of the local chapter, said a major part in the double endorsement was that both Sisolak and Giunchigliani have said they would support collective bargaining for state employees.
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