This House race should be a Gem: Laura Loomer outraised incumbent in 3rd quarter

[polychronopolous]

Banned from multiple social media/alt-tech platforms and STILL
outraised her incumbent opponent in the third quarter.

This will develop into one of the most interesting House races of 2020.

Laura Loomer, right-wing activist running for House, reports larger funding haul than Dem incumbent





Laura Loomer, who is running for a U.S. House seat in Florida, has outraised incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) in the third quarter.

Loomer’s candidacy has attracted attention outside of the state because she’s one of a growing number of people who have been banned from multiple platforms, such as Twitter and Paypal, an effort by big tech companies that has brought increasing criticism from federal lawmakers and officials, including President Donald Trump.

Federal Election Commission records show Loomer raised $154,311 in the third quarter, despite being without a platform on major social media websites.

Frankel, 71, raised around $104,000 in the third quarter. Frankel has raised $435,191 since the beginning of the year.

Frankel represents Florida’s 21st Congressional district. She has been in Congress since 2013. She was a member of Florida’s House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993 and 1995 to 2003.

Loomer, 26, a political activist and journalist, announced her run for Frankel’s seat on Aug. 2.

The fundraising total indicates Loomer is the top Republican candidate in the race. Michael Bluemling, Jr., a combat veteran, came in second in fundraising on the GOP side but managed just $20,937.


Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) speaks during a news conference on immigration to condemn the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, outside the US Capitol on June 13, 2018, in Washington. (Photo by Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images)
Loomer has previously attracted attention for a variety of stunts and confrontations, including bringing men she said were illegal aliens onto the California property of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Loomer also confronted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over accusations that the Somalian immigrant married her brother for immigration fraud purposes.


In a statement, Loomer said she was humbled by the contributions.

“I’m humbled at the outpouring of support for my campaign,” said Loomer. “Despite the radical left, big tech tyrants and the fake-news media doing everything they can to hinder my campaign, this early showing puts career politician Lois Frankel and the do-nothing-Democrats in Congress on notice that no seat is safe and that I’m running to win.”

Karen Giorno, the state director for Florida for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, and Loomer’s chief strategist, said Loomer’s “impressive haul for a first-time candidate” indicates Loomer can challenge Frankel.

“I believe this will be one of the most watched congressional races for 2020 and will be a bellweather for regaining the House,” Giorno said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theepochtimes.com/florida-congressional-candidate-laura-loomer-outraises-incumbent-lois-frankel-in-third-quarter_3120754.html/amp

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50 years a Democrat and just switched his voter registration card over to Republican

"Just sick and tired of what the Democrats are doing"

[polychronopolous]

Doubtful she can win but let's see if that margin of victory tightens up a little bit.


More than OK, Loomer: Laura Loomer outraises Lois Frankel for the second straight quarter





Republican congressional candidate and right-wing activist Laura Loomer has topped incumbent Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel in fundraising for the second straight month.

Still, Loomer has a long way to go to catch up to Frankel’s war chest, as Frankel has ten times as much cash on hand.

The two are competing in Florida’s 21st Congressional District, a seat which Frankel currently holds.

Loomer filed for the race in a long shot bid back in August. But according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Loomer has topped Frankel in money raised in both cycles since Loomer entered the race.

The latest FEC documents, covering Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, show Loomer added just over $202,000 in the quarter. That’s an improvement over her third quarter numbers, which showed the candidate collecting around $154,000.


Loomer has raised more than $356,000 since entering the CD 21 contest. But she’s burned through a fair bit of that cash already. In fact, the campaign spent nearly $88,000 in “online fundraising fees” from a pair of firms in just the fourth quarter alone. That offsets more than 40% of the cash Loomer brought in during the period.

She’ll carry over around $115,000 into 2020. That’s dwarfed by Frankel’s more than $1.1 million in cash on hand.

But Frankel added just under $155,000 during the fourth quarter, allowing Loomer to lap her for the period once again.

Several other candidates have filed for the race, but none have rivaled Loomer or Frankel in fundraising.

The question surrounding Frankel’s fundraising: does Loomer’s lead signify a weak point for the incumbent, or has Frankel slowed down due to her large war chest and confidence she’ll be able to hold the seat regardless?

The district is heavily Democratic. Frankel won reelection in 2016 by more than 25 percentage points and ran unopposed in 2018.

And Loomer is certainly controversial. She came to prominence over social media after carrying out several attention-grabbing stunts. Loomer was eventually banned from Twitter after calling Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar “anti-Jewish.”

Loomer also appeared at a January Hallandale Beach City Commission meeting, where she was seen embracing Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub. The appearance was shortly after Lima-Taub claimed Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Muslim, might “blow up Capitol Hill.”

The candidates’ next fundraising deadline is April 15, when they must disclose all money raised in the first three months of 2020.

Federal candidates faced a Friday deadline to report all financial activity through the end of 2019.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/317763-loomer-outraises-frankel-second-straight-quarter

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Doubtful she can win but let's see if that margin of victory tightens up a little bit.


More than OK, Loomer: Laura Loomer outraises Lois Frankel for the second straight quarter





Republican congressional candidate and right-wing activist Laura Loomer has topped incumbent Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel in fundraising for the second straight month.

Still, Loomer has a long way to go to catch up to Frankel’s war chest, as Frankel has ten times as much cash on hand.

The two are competing in Florida’s 21st Congressional District, a seat which Frankel currently holds.

Loomer filed for the race in a long shot bid back in August. But according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Loomer has topped Frankel in money raised in both cycles since Loomer entered the race.

The latest FEC documents, covering Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, show Loomer added just over $202,000 in the quarter. That’s an improvement over her third quarter numbers, which showed the candidate collecting around $154,000.


Loomer has raised more than $356,000 since entering the CD 21 contest. But she’s burned through a fair bit of that cash already. In fact, the campaign spent nearly $88,000 in “online fundraising fees” from a pair of firms in just the fourth quarter alone. That offsets more than 40% of the cash Loomer brought in during the period.

She’ll carry over around $115,000 into 2020. That’s dwarfed by Frankel’s more than $1.1 million in cash on hand.

But Frankel added just under $155,000 during the fourth quarter, allowing Loomer to lap her for the period once again.

Several other candidates have filed for the race, but none have rivaled Loomer or Frankel in fundraising.

The question surrounding Frankel’s fundraising: does Loomer’s lead signify a weak point for the incumbent, or has Frankel slowed down due to her large war chest and confidence she’ll be able to hold the seat regardless?

The district is heavily Democratic. Frankel won reelection in 2016 by more than 25 percentage points and ran unopposed in 2018.

And Loomer is certainly controversial. She came to prominence over social media after carrying out several attention-grabbing stunts. Loomer was eventually banned from Twitter after calling Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar “anti-Jewish.”

Loomer also appeared at a January Hallandale Beach City Commission meeting, where she was seen embracing Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub. The appearance was shortly after Lima-Taub claimed Michigan U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Muslim, might “blow up Capitol Hill.”

The candidates’ next fundraising deadline is April 15, when they must disclose all money raised in the first three months of 2020.

Federal candidates faced a Friday deadline to report all financial activity through the end of 2019.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/317763-loomer-outraises-frankel-second-straight-quarter

I’m going to donate to her campaign

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I’m going to donate to her campaign

I'll follow that donation with one from myself.

To me, a nice trifecta would be a Trump victory, John James flipping that senate seat in Michigan(which is my surprise upset 2020 pick) and a firecracker like Loomer pulling off a huge underdog victory in such a heavy blue district.

I think Susanna Martinez could win the senate seat vacancy in New Mexico if Bernie were to secure the nomination and face off versus Trump but it's not looking she is going to be running.

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She speaks up against Dems and gets banned. Gee,  big surprise there. Retard platforms for the Libs.
How anyone today can be a serious Lib, and look in the mirror is beyond me... Should be ashamed...