U.S. Sen. Richard Burr has been busy raising money of late.
Burr held his annual Krispy Kreme breakfast this morning in Washington, D.C., and he was honored at a fundraising dinner the night before by the financial services industry, reports Barb Barrett.
Burr, a Republican, hails from Winston-Salem, home of the gooey sweet concoctions known for their Hot Now! signs. The fundraiser was held at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, about a block away from Burr’s Senate office.
Political action committees who served as hosts paid $1,000 to attend, while other PACs received entrance for $500. Individuals, according to the invitation posted on Sunlight Foundation’s Party Time blog, could pay what they could afford.
The doughnut breakfast followed a dinner the night before hosted by the financial services industry in Burr’s honor. That fundraiser, at a Washington seafood restaurant, cost up to $2,500 for PACs and $1,000 for individuals.
Update: Burr campaign consultant Paul Shumaker says the senator’s campaign raised between $25,000 and $30,000 at the Krispy Kreme breakfast this morning, with about 40-45 guests attending. About 20-25 guests attended Wednesday night’s dinner, he said, which raised $20,000 for Burr’s re-election effort.
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Re: Doughnuts for TARP
The man voted for TARP and all the financial services industry could come up with was a mere $20 grand? Do they not know how many billions of taxpayer money Burr has given them? The man had to come up with a lie about sending Brooke to ATM's in the middle of the night to explain his vote. Come on financial services industry. You owe Dick Burr more than $20 grand.
Paul Shumaker should totally commission a poll of bankers and ask them about that, then give Burr the results, then say it was independent and not file it with the FEC, because after all, Paul Shumaker has nothing to do with the Burr campaign, except when he does.