Heinrich, Teague raise more than $300K in quarter

Posted 7/15/2009 11:14:00 PM

This article has been updated.

U.S. Reps. Martin Heinrich and Harry Teague, D-N.M., each raised more than $300,000 for their 2010 re-election campaigns between April 1 and June 30.

That’s according to Federal Election Commission reports that were due by 10 p.m. tonight.

Teague, who will face his predecessor in the 2nd Congressional District, Republican Steve Pearce, next year, raised $328,300 during the quarter, according to his report. That included about $146,000 from individuals and $182,000 from political action committees.

Teague spent $35,309.42 during the quarter and ended it with $574,377.67 on hand.

Pearce didn’t file an official statement of his candidacy until Friday, so he wasn’t in the race during the second quarter and didn’t have to file a report.

The 1st Congressional District’s Heinrich, meanwhile, raised $332,288.40, according to his report. That included about $169,500 from individuals and $162,500 from PACs.

He spent $ 60,631.41 during the quarter and ended it with $474,725.46 on hand.

Heinrich’s only declared challenger to file a report, Republican Jon Barela, raised $73,350, according to his report, with all of it coming from individuals. He reported no expenditures for the quarter, so he ended it with the entire amount he raised still on hand.

Libertarian Alan Woodruff, who says he’s also running against Heinrich, filed a statement of candidacy in February but has filed but no finance report.

The 3rd District’s representative, Democrat Ben Ray Luján, raised $151,235.02, according to his report. That included about $80,500 from individuals and almost $71,000 from PACs.

Luján spent $39,445.43 and repaid a loan to himself of $20,000, which left him with $159,965.03 on hand at the end of the quarter.

Luján’s only declared opponent -- Adam Kokesh, who has yet to declare a party affiliation -- didn’t file his statement of candidacy until July 6, so he wasn’t in the race during the second quarter and didn’t have to file a report.

Update, July 16, 12:05 p.m.

Wondering why Barela reported no expenses for the quarter? I was, so I asked. Here’s the response:

“Jon Barela announced his candidacy on June 18th and did not receive a single invoice until after the June 30th cut-off for the report,” said Jay McClesky, a consultant to Barela’s campaign.