Pittenger gave his campaign $150k

Robert Pittenger gave his campaign $150,000.

The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor gave the money to his own campaign on June 30, just as the reporting period ended for the State Board of Elections.

The donation makes up about a third of the $435,102 he received in the second quarter of 2008.

In addition, Pittenger gave his state Senate campaign a total of $615,000 in separate donations during 2007, before he officially announced he was running for lieutenant governor.

Not counting the $150,000 donation, Pittenger's fundraising is a lot closer to the money raised by his Democratic rival, state Sen. Walter Dalton.

During the second quarter, Pittenger raised $285,102 from other sources, while Dalton raised $255,305.

That's a difference of about $30,000.

Note: Pittenger's campaign finance report mistakenly included the previous donations in the breakout of contributors because of a software glitch. The summary pages of that report are correct, however.

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Re: Pittenger gave his campaign $150k

Submitted by Senate on July 18, 2008 - 9:33am.

I would note that this is a donation, not a loan, so he can't get it back.

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Re: ElectriCities of NC - Please read this Sen. Pittenger

Submitted by FFC1304 on July 18, 2008 - 7:04am.

thanks, alman! did you send this to the Pittenger campaign as well?

Im sure the astute Mr. Pittenger probably knows of this already. NC SO NEEDS ROBERT PITTENGER to lead the Senate!

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ElectriCities of NC - Please read this Sen. Pittenger

Submitted by alman on July 17, 2008 - 8:49pm.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/
communities/herrin/entries/2008/07/15/hey_electricities_give_us_a_br.html

Thank goodness for hometown papers. It has taken a while but we have the eastern papers talking about a serious issue of mismanagement and poor leadership at ElectriCities culminating at the feet of Jesse Tilton who registered as a lobbyist after disposing of the best lobbyists, 80% over 5 years.

The News and Observer wants readers so it can keep staff. Well, then where are your investigative reporters. Rocky Mount, Wilson, Lumberton, and the Blogs are cracking the case. Without James and Dan at BlueNC we would still be organizing but thanks to them we got exposure statewide.

Sen. Pittenger - please join us in looking at these serious problems. The cities in your area are not interested and blindly support Tilton but he is ruining the east. Those cities in your area should be concerned about his mismanagement even though their increases are not as severe. As an official running statewide, you can help us with this dilemma. Eastern NC may not recover from this.

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Re: Pittenger gave his campaign $150k

Submitted by FFC1304 on July 17, 2008 - 5:50pm.

WHEN will Dalton CHALLENGE Pittenger to a series of public, audience participatory DEBATES across the state??? 2-3 hours each...we need at least 5-6 of them...

who challenges who first?

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