Apr 20 2008
Mulvaney, Norrell Raking in the Cash
Republican Mick Mulvaney and Democrat Mandy Powers Norrell have traded barbs for months in their state Senate contest, quibbling over everything from why Mulvaney sends his children to private school in Charlotte to whether he’s a “real” South Carolinian.
New fundraising figures show both candidates will have plenty of money to keep it going. Mulvaney has $110,000 cash on hand, including $22,000 raised in the last quarter, according to reports filed with the S.C. Ethics Commission.
Norrell, 34, boasts a $40,000 war chest, with $31,000 coming in this quarter.
“That’s a fairly good bit of money,” said Winston Smith, chairman of the Lancaster County Republicans. “It surprises me a little bit that it’s that much, this early.”
I’m fully behind Mick Mulvaney. He has been a sturdy defender of responsible use of our tax dollars and not frivolous pork barrel spending. I think he will succeed in winning this Senate seat. We need more legislators like him in Columbia to bring some small government, fiscal sanity to South Carolina.
