Tea partying Rep. Marlin Stutzman replaced pretty much his entire senior campaign team over the last few months, and the internal chaos appears to have hampered his fundraising. While Stutzman’s campaign for Indiana’s open Senate seat brought in $618,000 from July to September, he took in just $335,000 over the last three months. By contrast, Republican primary rival and fellow Rep. Todd Young’s fundraising actually increased over this time: Young raised $720,000 over the summer, and $750,000 in the latest quarter.
But as bad as things are for Stutzman, he’s still miles ahead of ex-Indiana GOP chair Eric Holcomb. Holcomb raised just $60,000 over the last three months, which would be bad for a House campaign. Holcomb and Young both hail from the establishment wing of the GOP, and Young won’t be sorry to see Holcomb bomb during the May primary.
Stutzman did just go one the air with his first spot but unsurprisingly, he isn’t putting much cash behind it. Politico reports that the size of the buy for Stutzman’s farmer’s rule, lawyer’s drool ad is $60,000.