Miller-Meeks leads 'pre-primary' fundraising

A week before the June 8 primary election, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a candidate for the Republican nomination in Iowa's 2

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District U.S. House race, announced she has raised nearly double the amount of money compared to her next closest opponent during the April 1-May 19 “pre-primary” fundraising period, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission at the end of last week.

 Miller-Meeks raised $35,820 and spent $52,267 during the period. With more than $56,255 cash on hand for the final days of the campaign, Miller-Meeks said he is in a very strong position heading into the primary.

Miller-Meeks has outraised Steve Rathje of Cedar Rapids and Christopher Reed of Marion and has nearly double the cash on hand as Rathje. Gettemy, who put $100,000 of his own money into his campaign has outraised all other Republicans and has more than $20,000 cash on hand as Miller-Meeks, according to the FEC.

Incumbent Rep. Dave Loebsack, a Mount Vernon Democrat, has more cash on hand than any of the Republicans have raised.

Candidate

Raised

Spent

Cash

Debt

Iowa

GETTEMY, ROBERT EDWARD

$149,684

$69,276

$80,408

$103,112

MILLER-MEEKS, MARIANNETTE JANE

$127,920

$72,236

$59,685

$20,000

RATHJE, STEVE

$121,264

$91,530

$29,733

$0

REED, CHRISTOPHER

$8,984

$25,123

$8,577

$0

LOEBSACK, DAVID WAYNE

$527,072

$195,752

$438,876

$0