House 33 campaign finance reports filed

By James Q. Lynch

The Gazette

The Democratic candidate in a special election in a south-side Cedar Rapids Iowa House district has raised outraised her Republican opponent by a 21-to-one margin, according to state campaign finance reports.

Kirsten Running-Marquardt has raised $43,115, according to a report filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board covering the period up to five days before the Nov. 24 election.

Running-Marquardt spent just $31.60 leaving her with $43,083 cash on hand.

Republican Josh Thurston raised $2,000. He's spent $677 and has $1,323 on hand.

His largest donation was from the Linn Eagles, a GOP fundraising group.

Running-Marquardt scored heavily with unions, including $5,000 donations from the Great Plains Labor District Council and Hawkeye Labor Council, $2,500 from Buy Local, Build Local, Employ Local and the Iowa State Building and Trades Council Education Committee.

She received donations of $1,000 from the Quad City Federation of Labor, UFCW District Union 431, Iowa Staff Union, Sheryl Marquardt, the AFL-CIO Iowa Committee on Political Education and Operating Engineers 234. The  ISEA PAC contributed $1,500.

Their campaign disclosure reports may be found at: https://webapp.iecdb.iowa.gov/PublicView/?d=statewide%2f2009%2fPeriod_Due_Date_5+days+prior+to+Special+Election%2fCandidates.