KS-04 Primary - Early Poll

State Senatory Dick Kelsey released a very early poll today in the race for the Republican nomination for KS-04 Todd Tiahrt's seat. The poll surveyed 351 likely Republican Primary voters and had a margin of error of 4.3%.

The results:

Kelsey 17%
Schodorf 15%
Hartman 8%
Pompeo 6%
Anderson 4%

Most important thing to keep in mind about the poll is that 49% of KS-04 Republican primary voters were undecided. Clearly showing that it is Oct 2009 and voters are extremely unfamiliary with the array of candidates in the race. 3rd quarter finance reports filed yesterday show National Committeeman Mike Pompeo leading in cash on hand ($270,000) and amount raised to date ($350,000). Senator Kelsey is in 2nd with $60,000 on hand and having raised $136,000 (including $132,500 personal loan) so far. Looks like at this point it time it is still anyone's race.

Goyle's Fundraising Breakdown - Part 1 of ?

While we didn't stay up all night to figure out the breakdown of Kansas vs. Out of State money - which looks to be the majority from the latter...we did have to lose a little sleep to find a few fun highlights in his report.

Let's start out with the Kansas Democrat Has - Beens
Former members and candidates Jim Slattery, Dan Glickman ($1K), Nancy Boyda ($250), Jill Docking ($2K)
Staffers Howard Baulke (Moore's CoS - $1K), Shanan Guinn (Boyda CoS - $250), Julie Merz (former Moore/Slattery staffer - $250)
Greg Orman ($2,400) - you remember him - he had a short lived campaign against Senate Roberts
Soon to be has been - Governor Mark Parkinson ($2,400)

Others to note include:
KS-02 candidate Laura Kelly ($250) - apparently she doesn't need to fundraise for her own campaign - she's just giving it away

Kansas Democratic Party Executive Dir - Kenny Johnson has lots of faith in Raj with a $10.00 donation

And of course our friend over at ForwardKansas, Colin Curtis - $50

The report is a real page turner - we literally couldn't stop. Feel free to start flipping through it yourself HERE

Candidates - By the Numbers

Below are the top candidates (moneywise) in each race....more detailed analyses of these finance reports to come. Including the breakdown of Raj Goyle's DC insider/liberal money and Moore's overall breakdown of a fundraising base...

Q3 Raised Cash on Hand

Senate Primary
Jerry Moran - $521,000 - $3,500,000
Todd Tiahrt - $340,000 - N/A

KS-01
Huelskamp - $182,000 - $379,000
Barnett - $105,000 - $300,000**
Mann - $60,000 - $198,000
Wasinger - $107,000 - $195,000

KS-02
Jenkins - $151,000 - $475,000

KS-03
Moore - $129,000 - $420,000
Scherer - $40,000 - $80,000** Includes personal loan
Lightner - $45,000 - $27,000

KS-04
Goyle - $404,000 - $368,000
Pompeo - $99,000 - $270,000
Kelsey - $9,000 - $60,000

In Case You Missed It - KS-04

State Senator Dick Kelsey, who is running for Congress to replace Rep. Todd Tiahrt, is the first candidate in the race to go up on the airways. His first TV ad started running on Monday and his first radio spot began yesterday - recorded by former Governor Mike Huckabee who has endorsed the Senator's bid. Check out the TV spot below.



Other Republicans in the race at this time are RNC National Committeeman Mike Pompeo, State Senator Jean Schodorf, oilman Willis "Wink"Hartman, and retired pilot Jim Anderson. The only Democrat in the race at this time is Raj Goyle - we'll more on him and his liberal roots! So come back for more on Goyle!