Fuzzy Math
UPDATE: It looks like there's a new version of this article, but the incorrect version is still up at News-Leader.com, and I'm told the incorrect version ran in the print version of today's Star.
Federal campaign finance reports show Skelton reported raising $159,000 during the first quarter this year. Former state lawmaker Vicky Hartzler raised $94,000 from January through March, and state Sen. Bill Stouffer raised $43,000.
All three campaigns reported they had about $300,000 available in their bank accounts. Hartzler has $296,000 on-hand, which is about $10,000 more than Skelton and $25,000 more than Stouffer.
Ike Skelton actually raised $432,673 in the first quarter of 2010. He has $1,232,078 cash on hand.
From the same article:
[Russ] Carnahan raised $57,000 in the first quarter. But Republican Ed Martin, who served as chief of staff for former Gov. Matt Blunt, collected $203,000. Martin also reported nearly four times as much available cash in his campaign's bank account.
Carnahan actually raised $258,447, and has $520,545 cash on hand.
