Oct 21 2008
Dole Loans Herself $3 Million
Facing a tough re-election fight, North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole gave her campaign $3 million during the first week of October.
Dole reached into her purse at a time when she is locked in a competitive race with Democrat Kay Hagan.
“Our fundraising has been outstanding but, with outside liberal groups spending roughly $15 million in attack ads, Senator Dole believed she needed to put some skin in the game personally,†said Dan McLagan, a Dole spokesman. “This guarantees that we will be able to get our message out in the face of all that Washington and New York money being spent for Kay Hagan.”
Dole has reported raising $13.8 million, while Hagan has raised $5.3 million. But that does not include the money raised and spent by outside groups.
The Hagan campaign alone hasn’t hurt Dole. It was the relentless negative attacks from 527 groups that drove Dole’s numbers down.
