Scoop: Sen. Todd Young posts record-breaking $1.6m quarter
Meanwhile, Tom McDermott netted about $82,000 at just one fundraiser.
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FIRST IN IMPORTANTVILLE: Republican Sen. Todd Young will report today that he raised $1.6 million for the third quarter of 2021 and has $5.6 million cash on hand.
For the second time, Young broke an Indiana fundraising record for the largest amount raised in a quarter during the off-year. Young raised $1,667,277, with some 57% of donations coming from first-time donors. The previous off-year quarterly record of $1.4 million was held by former Sen. Joe Donnelly.
Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott reported raising just $82,130.45 from one fundraiser on September 30: His Two-Thirds to St. Patrick Day event he held at the Hammond Civic Center.
“More formal fundraising procedures are being put in place, and these numbers will start to rise accordingly,” McDermott told IMPORTANTVILLE in a text.
Democratic candidate Haneefah Khaaliq has raised $29,314.56, and Valerie McCray has $3,016.00.
WHERE’S ERIC? Gov. Holcomb attends the Saab grand opening at Saab West Lafayette Aerospace Facility at 10 a.m. He'll be joined by Purdue President Mitch Daniels; Saab’s Micael Johansson, global president & CEO, and Erik Smith, U.S. president & CEO.
SENATOR BRAUN VISITS ALL 92 COUNTIES
What should we call the act of visiting all of Indiana’s 92 counties? The Full Tenderloin? Post your ideas in the comments section below.
Whatever you’d call it, Sen. Mike Braun just did it.
IMPORTANTVILLE READS
Big stories about Hoosiers and Indiana issues that move the needle.
“‘Mind-blowingly corrupt’: GOP congressman outlines ‘worst’ parts of $3.5T spending bill,” by Juliegrace Brufke and Callie Patteson in The New York Post
“We need to loudly oppose it,” [Indiana Republican Jim Banks said.] “Democrats are scattered. The Biden agenda is in question. It’s the perfect opportunity to build public sentiment against this bill. The American people need us to be the vanguard against the Left’s radical plans.
“It’s not an understatement to say this bill, if passed, will fundamentally change our country forever — Americans will wake up in a few years and wonder what happened to their freedom. We can’t let that happen.”
“Pence treads carefully with Trump,” By Brett Samuels in The Hill
The remarks were a subtle shift from Pence’s past prepared lines about the insurrection, when he acknowledged he and Trump “may never see eye-to-eye” on Jan. 6. But the adjustment succeeded in catching the ear of his former boss, whose support Pence would theoretically need should he run for president in 2024.
"Vice President Mike Pence’s statement during his interview with the great Sean Hannity very much destroys and discredits the Unselect Committees Witch Hunt on the events of January 6th," Trump said in a statement. "It will continue anyways, however, because the Fake News doesn’t want to focus on Afghanistan, Russia, Taiwan and China, the Border, inflation, and a failing economy."
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