But the grass-roots groups FreedomWorks, the Club for Growth Action Fund, the Senate Conservatives Fund, and the Tea Party Patriots, raised $20 million last year, according to Federal Election Commission reports.
TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CITIZENS FUND
Raised $6,405,087 and spent $5,327,365 in 2013. They have $1,069,925 cash on hand
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
Raised $847,243 and spent $1,083,260 in 2013. They have $595,214 cash on hand
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Raised $2,613,409 and spent $1,258,423 They have $1,776,687 cash on hand
SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
Raised $7,733,854 and spent $8,083,425. They have cash on hand. $859,424
That comes to a total raised of 17,599,593 (Club For Growth PAC raised $672,743 spent $513,509 and has $289,651) There maybe some ancillary PACs that account for the 1.7 million difference between what the FEC says they raised and what the report says was raised.
Freedomworks is a joke they have less money than they did at the start of the year and what do they have to show for it? Did they elect Ken Cuccinelli? McAuliffe spent $33 million to win that Governorship. How much did Freedomworks kick in out of the $1,083,260 they spent? If it was less than $33 million than it was just a fart in the breeze. What else do they have to show for it?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/166217/tea-party-favorability-falls-lowest-yet.aspxTea Party Patiots and FreedomWorks don't file monthly but for your reading pleasure...
Here is the FEC info on CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Report Report Type Total Receipts Total Disbursements Cash on Hand
2013 Year-End $391,759 $27,223 $1,776,687
2013 December $56,927 $19,970 $1,412,151
2013 November $158,771 $356,131 $1,375,194
2013 October $282,433 $118,336 $1,572,553
2013 September $683,770 $161,281 $1,408,456
2013 August $89,477 $67,994 $885,968
2013 July $120,385 $36,628 $864,485
2013 June $337,057 $7,668 $780,729
2013 May $279,245 $38,294 $451,339
2013 April $9,392 $385,844 $210,388
2013 March $2,023 $30,373 $586,841
2013 February $202,168 $8,677 $615,192
The Club For Growth has seen its receipts tank since August (the Sept report covers Aug 1st to Aug 30th) except for the accounting gimmicky Year-End report. You'll see the same thing with the SCF. However CFG has $1,776,687 and added over $1.3 million to their cash on hand for the year. Bravo Club for Growth. They spent $1,776,687 but I have no idea how much money Club for Growth invested in Ken Cuccinelli's race. Probably not much since they were spending big bucks to convince freshmen Senators with skulls full of mush to shutdown the government.
Here is the FEC info on the SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND
Year Report Type Total Receipts Total Disbursements Cash on Hand
2013 Year-End $738,645 $733,596 $859,424
2013 December $363,411 $636,024 $854,375
2013 November $982,753 $1,498,220 $1,126,988
2013 October $2,130,548 $1,328,357 $1,642,455
2013 September $1,527,546 $2,104,179 $840,264
2013 August $612,525 $532,986 $1,416,896
2013 July $470,893 $404,781 $1,337,357
2013 June $181,751 $194,615 $1,271,245
2013 May $270,058 $237,494 $1,284,109
2013 April $175,427 $191,614 $1,251,545
2013 March $148,374 $61,433 $1,267,732
2013 February $131,916 $160,121 $1,180,791
You see how they have less money now than they did at the beginning of the year? All that money they raised they spent. They spent $8 million in 2013 and all you got was this lousy post.
“This is by far the biggest nonelection year we’ve ever had,” said Matt Hoskins, executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund, a group that squares off against establishment Republican organizations. "It shows how committed people are to electing true conservatives and to advancing conservative principles.”
Biggest year ever he says. What do they have to show for it? Combined they still have 4.3 million left of 18-20 million raised or roughly $1.8 million more than they started the year with.
I am less than impressed and things don't look like they are getting better for the brand of conservatism being hawked by Chocola, Kibbe, and Hoskins.