Brunner's first finance report tops $1.26 million

By Eli Yokley ? January 30, 2012Posted in: US Senate Race

John Brunner. (Photo/Brunner campaign)

? With a significant investment from the candidate himself, John Brunner?s U.S. Senate campaign will report raising $1.26 million in his first quarter as a declared candidate, according to campaign finance documents obtained exclusively by PoliticMo.

Brunner, a St. Louis businessman vying for the Republican nomination to take on U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill later this year, contributed just over $1.03 million to his own campaign.

Additionally, the campaign reported $229,067.24 in individual contributions, half of which came from individuals who gave less than $200.

?These are impressive numbers for a first-time candidate with no prior political fundraising experience,? said Brunner campaign manager Jon Seaton. ?Our first quarterly report makes the unequivocal statement that this campaign will have the necessary resources to defeat Claire McCaskill come November.?

Including his own investment, Brunner?s fundraising numbers in the last four months of 2012 were just $200,000 short of McCaskill?s own numbers. (She reported raising just over $1.4 million in individual contributions, with $5 million on hand.)

Brunner?s campaign spent nearly $1.1 million, some of that on campaign ads and staff, leaving them with $209,249 left on hand.

His Republican challengers, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin and former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, have not yet released their fundraising totals.

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Source: http://politicmo.com/2012/01/30/brunners-first-finance-report-tops-1-26-million/

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