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Rhoden and Pressler Only Timely Filers of Quarter 1 Senate Campaign Finance Reports

Last updated on 2014.04.23

It must be a Larry thing.

I've been hovering over the Federal Election Commission's website, eager to review the professed finances of South Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates. But so far, the only financials I can look at are among the least exciting.

Independent Larry Pressler mailed his Q1 FEC report April 11, four days before the April 15 deadline. He's still mostly self-funded, loaning his campaign another $29,874. His $9,850 of donations included $525 from his wife Harriet and itemized donations from just eight other individuals, only three of whom live in South Dakota. He burned most of those donations up paying Emmett Reistroffer's Jefferson Adams Consulting $9,133 to gather the signatures for his petition.

Republican Larry Rhoden handed his Q1 report to UPS on April 14. This Larry drew $15,988 in contributions. He still owes himself $4,757 from last quarter, and he sprung for another $90 this quarter for stamps. Rhoden upped his East River itemized donation quotient from 10% in Q4 of 2013 to 75% in Q1 2014, thanks to help from his relatives in Madison and a nice Norwegian from Eden. Rhoden's wife Sandy gave him just $40 (which the campaign immediately paid back), and out-of-staters gave him zip (at least in the itemized list).

I'd love to report on comparable data for the other Senate candidates, but the FEC appears not to have received their reports. On April 22, the FEC published letters to Marion Michael Rounds, Stace Nelson, and Rick Weiland declaring them late on the Q1 filings. The letters give them four business days (i.e., until Monday, April 28!) to file their Q1 reports. Fines could range from $30 to $16,000.

But hey, where's Jason Ravnsborg? He doesn't have any campaign finance numbers up on FEC.gov, but the FEC has not posted a late-filer letter for him. Jeepers, Jason's getting a free pass from all corners this month!

2 Comments

  1. oldguy 2014.04.24

    CAH I appreciate the amount of work you put into your posts

  2. caheidelberger Post author | 2014.04.24

    Thanks, Oldguy! I'd do more if the candidates would just get their reports in on time!

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