WASHINGTON -- National Republicans are attacking Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson for his second quarter fundraising numbers -- the truth is he raised about what he always raises.
The 24-year veteran in the U.S. House of Representatives raised $141,000 and has about $235,000 cash on hand, according to second quarter filings due to the Federal Elections Commission Tuesday.
"With yet another anemic fundraising quarter, Collin Peterson refuses to take himself off the retirement watch list," said the National Republican Congressional Committee. "Bringing in only $141,000 in Q2, Peterson has just $236,000 cash on hand, a far lower number than you'd expect from a Democrat in a Republican leaning district."
This is apparently a winning strategy for the Seventh District congressman.
Past filings show Peterson bringing in just around $100,000 each quarter -- sometimes he even raised less closer to the actual election. Peterson was significantly outspent in his last election, counting independent expenditure cash, yet he still walked away with 54 percent of the vote.
In a recent Star Tribune story, Peterson said he was running again for office, "until I'm not."
