Spending & Activity: First Quarter 2002  (Jan. 1-March 31, 2002)
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Helping Democratic Candidates and State Parties
The ability to raise money is one important indicator of a presidential prospect's viability should he or she decide to enter the race.   Another point to watch is how the money is spent.  By effectively distributing money to candidates and party committees in key states a presidential hopeful can build up a reservoir of good will.  Note that there are many other ways to curry favor that are not reflected in the numbers of leadership PACs' financial reports.  For example, instead of simply making a $5,000 contribution, a presidential prospect can headline a fundraiser that will bring in tens of thousands of dollars for the candidate or the party.  Or he can invest the time and go out and stump with a candidate.  (see Iowa visits and New Hampshire visits)

Overview: Among the leadership PACs examined, ROCPAC continues to lead the way in supporting Democratic candidates and causes.  Leadership '02 has yet to enter the field.
 
Table 1: Leadership PACS:
Overall Disbursements and Summary of Disbursements to Candidates and Committees
First Quarter 2002  Jan. 1-March 31, 2002
GORE 1 DASCHLE 2 DEAN 3 EDWARDS 4 GEPHARDT 5 KERRY 6 LIEBERMAN 7
Leadership '02
>		 DASHPAC-fed.
>		 Fund for a Healthy America
>		 New American Optimists-fed.
>		 Effective Government Comm.-fed. > Citizen Soldier Fund-fed.
>		 ROCPAC
>
$384,175 $286,416 $17,381 $236,933 $131,679 $104,395 $534,930
No disbursements to candidate or party committees in the first quarter. $72,500 to 21 candidates and committees including...

DSCC-$15,000

Daschle Victory Fund-$7,000

Texas Dem. Party-$5,000 

House candidate Rahm Emanuel -$5,000

 $9,000 to 5 candidates and committees...all in Iowa and NH (see tables below). $37,000 to 8 candidates and committees including... 

DSCC-$20,000 

NC Reps. Etheridge, Price and Watt-$1,000 each.

Sanders for U.S. Senate (prim.)-
$4,000

 $15,000 to 5 candidates and committees (of which $7,500 to Iowa/NH-see below). $44,000 to 18 candidates and committees including...

DCCC-$20,000

14 U.S. Senate candidates-a total of $15,000.

Rep. A.Smith (WA)-$1,000
Rep. P.Kennedy (RI)-$1,000

Texas Dem. Party-$5,000

 $189,500 to 68 candidates and committees including...

$5,000 to each of 13 state Dem. committees (AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, IA, LA, MD, MI, NH, NY, SC, TX)- $65,000 total.

Mostly $1,000 contributions to 41 House candidate- $52,000 total.

Mostly $5,000 contributions to 11 Senate candidates-
$50,000 total.

Two contributions to other committees-
$7,500 total.
 
DASHPAC-nonfed.
>		 New American Optimists-nonfed.
>		 Effective Government Comm.-nonfed.
>		 Citizen Soldier Fund-nonfed.
>
Total reported expenditures:
 $160,385
of which $72,855 transferred to fed. account		 $173,456
of which $145,456 transferred to fed. account		 $95,651
of which $73,673 transferred to fed. account		 $37,938
of which $12,938 transferred to fed. account
Total to candidates and committees
 $77,500 to 13 candidates and committees including...

21st Century Leadership Fund-
$22,500

College Dems. of America-$15,000

Gray Davis for Gov. -$10,000

NJ Legal Fund-
$10,000
 

 

 $28,000 total to two committees
...all Iowa and NH (see tables below).		 $10,000 total to four committees
...all Iowa and NH (see tables below)		 $20,000 to three  committees (most to Iowa and NH-see below) including
Michigan Dem. Party-$5,000
Note that the top line above is total disbursements--from the FEC report; this covers payroll, travel and other expenses in addition to the contributions to candidates and committees summarized in the next lines.
For Leadership '02, payroll payments to 10 people totaled $104,724 and there were $71,627 in payroll taxes and $5,308 in Blue Cross insurance on top of that. ROCPAC salary payments to 5 people totaled $45,776.  Exec. Dir. Sherry Brown (Winning Edge-$44,465) and Finance Dir. Fran Katz Watson ($20,400) were paid as a consultants.  Payroll taxes and services totaled $27,138, and Blue Cross $3,211.  Other consultants included FG Squared/Daniel C. Higgins of Austin for website ($7,836); Baer Communications ($7,000); and Research for Message ($6,000).

Iowa
Overview: Amanda Ragan, the Democratic candidate in the March 12 State Senate District 10 (Mason City) Special Election, garnered a variety of support.  In terms of the overall picture of campaigning and contributions, Gov. Dean was most active of the presidential prospects in the Hawkeye State during this quarter.

Iowa Disbursements
First Quarter 2002  Jan. 1-March 31, 2002

GORE DASCHLE DEAN EDWARDS GEPHARDT KERRY LIEBERMAN
Leadership '02 DASHPAC-fed. Fund for a Healthy America New American Optimists-fed. Effective Government Committee-fed. Citizen Soldier Fund-fed. ROCPAC
Boswell-$1,000 IDP-$5,000
Thomas-$1,000
Norris-$1,000		 Norris-$1,000 Thomas-$2,500 Harkin-$1,000 IDP-$5,000
Harkin-$5,000
Norris-$2,500
Boswell-$1,000
IDP/Senate Truman Fund
-$5,000
DASHPAC-nonfed. New American Optimists-nonfed. Effective Government Comm.-nonfed. Citizen Soldier Fund-nonfed.
Ragan for Iowa Senate-$1,000 IDP-$10,000 Reeder for State Rep.-$2,500
Ragan for Iowa Senate-$2,500

More Activity in Support of Iowa Candidates or the Party
First Quarter 2002  Jan. 1-March 31, 2002

GORE DASCHLE DEAN EDWARDS GEPHARDT KERRY LIEBERMAN
Campaigning and fundraisers with Julie Thomas (2CD)-Feb. 22

Recorded auto call for Amanda Ragan's campaign.

Campaigning and fundraiser with John Norris (4CD) -Mar. 27-28

 Recorded auto call to boost turnout at Feb. 11 precinct caucuses.
-reported by Mike Glover, Associated Press

"Sent out a political mailing on Amanda Ragan's behalf."
-reported by Charles Hurt, The Charlotte Observer

 Recorded auto call to boost turnout at Feb. 11 precinct caucuses.
-reported by Mike Glover, Associated Press		 Fundraiser for Harkin in Boston-March 25


New Hampshire
Overview: Democratic candidate John Kacavas, who ran to fill the Executive Council seat vacated by Tom Colantuono, was the hot ticket in New Hampshire this quarter. Presidential prospects provided a range of support, but Kacavas was defeated by former Manchester Mayor Ray Wieczorek (R) in the March 12, 2002 election.  As in Iowa, Dean was very active in New Hampshire during the first quarter, helping out Democrats on four trips to the state.

New Hampshire Disbursements
First Quarter 2002  Jan. 1-March 31, 2002

GORE DASCHLE DEAN EDWARDS GEPHARDT KERRY LIEBERMAN
Leadership '02 DASHPAC-fed. Fund for a Healthy America New American Optimists-fed. Effective Government Committee-fed. Citizen Soldier Fund-fed. ROCPAC
Kacavas-$1,000
Shaheen-$1,000		 Shaheen(prim.)
-$4,000
Shaheen(gen'l)
-$5,000		 Shaheen(expl.) -$5,000 Shaheen-$1,000 NHDP-$5,000
Shaheen(expl.)
-$5,000
Clark-$5,000
Manch. City Dem. Comm.
-$2,500
Kacavas-$1,000
DASHPAC-nonfed. New American Optimists-nonfed. Effective Government Committee-nonfed. Citizen Soldier Fund-nonfed.
Kacavas-$500

[See also Daschle Victory Fund]

 NHDP-$18,000 NHDP-$4,000
Kacavas-$1,000		 NHDP-$10,000
Manch. City
Dems.-$5,000

More Activity in Support of New Hampshire Candidates or the Party
First Quarter 2002  Jan. 1-March 31, 2002

GORE DASCHLE DEAN EDWARDS GEPHARDT KERRY LIEBERMAN
Leadership '02 sent about a half dozen people including political director Mona Mohib up to help out Kacavas
approximately four days before the election. 		 The Daschle Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee formed by Daschle in March 2002 to help Dem. Sen. candidates on a rotating basis, held a out of state fundraiser on March 18 from which it transferred $27,047 to Mark Pryor (AR) and $27,047 to Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and $26,101 to Strickland (CO). Campaigning and fundraiser with Kacavas-Feb. 6

Reception with Martha Fuller Clark-Feb. 19

Hampton Town Democratic Committee dinner-March 1 

Manchester City Democrats St. Patrick's brunch-
March 24

 Fundraiser and campaigning with Kacavas-Feb. 3 Fundraiser with Kacavas-March 8 Campaigning with Kacavas-March 2

Keynote NHDP 100 Club Gala- March 2
 

 Attended DC fundraiser for Kacavas-Jan. 28

Recorded a GOTV robo call for Kacavas.

Fundraiser and campaigning with Martha Fuller Clark-March 17

Merrimack County Democrats St. Patrick's dinner -March 17

 
 
 

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