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Mitt Romney's Free and Strong America PAC Raises $1.6 million in the First Six Months of 2009
Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC today filed its July finance report with the Federal Election Commission, closing out its first six months of activity in 2009. The PAC reported raising $1.6 million from January 1 to June 30, 2009. Contributions to state and federal candidates in this off-election year totaled $74,274.
The PAC started this year with $337,976 cash on hand. From January 1, 2009, through June 30, 2009, it raised $1,610,019. After expenditures, the PAC ended the six-month period with $841,568 cash on hand.
Mitt Romney formed the Free and Strong America PAC because he believes in the importance of helping Republican candidates and promoting conservative causes around the country. In the past six months, Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC contributed $36,474 to federal candidates and committees, and an additional $26,800 to state candidates
Mitt Romney’s Free and Strong America PAC also has five state affiliates in Alabama, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, which did not conduct any fundraising. However, during the first six months of 2009, the New Hampshire PAC contributed out of its existing balances the maximum $1,000 toward Jeb Bradley’s successful campaign to become a New Hampshire State Senator, and an additional $10,000 to the New Hampshire GOP.
The federal PAC’s contributions include $5,000 each to Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Republican Whip Eric Cantor (VA-07), Missouri Representative Roy Blunt who is running for U.S. Senate, and Jim Tedisco who ran in a special election to represent New York’s 20th congressional district. It also contributed $1,000 each to the “Undaunted Dozen,” a group of House Republicans targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for their votes against the $800 billion stimulus bill. The PAC contributed the maximum $6,800 to Chris Christie’s New Jersey gubernatorial campaign, and $5,000 each to Virginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling, Virginia Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli, and Virginia House of Delegates candidate Barbara Comstock.
A complete list of the PAC’s donations is below.
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Committee
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Office Sought
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Amount
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Chris Christie for Governor, Inc.
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NJ Governor
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$6,800 cash contribution
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McDonnell for Governor
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VA Governor
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$5,000 cash contribution
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Bolling for Lieutenant Governor 09
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VA Lt. Governor
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$5,000 cash contribution
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Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General
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VA Attorney General
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$5,000 cash contribution
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Friends of Barbara Comstock
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VA Delegate
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$5,000 cash contribution
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DeMint for Senate Committee Inc.
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U.S. Senate (SC)
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$5,000 cash contribution
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Friends of Roy Blunt
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U.S. Senate (MO)
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$5,000 cash and in-kind contribution
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Blaine for Congress 2010 (Undaunted Dozen)
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MO-09
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Cantor for Congress
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VA-07
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$5,000 cash contribution
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Castle Campaign Fund (Undaunted Dozen)
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DE-01
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Charlie Dent for Congress (Undaunted Dozen)
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PA-15
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Friends of Dave Reichert (Undaunted Dozen)
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WA-08
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Jim Gerlach for Congress Committee (Undaunted Dozen)
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PA-06
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Judy Biggert for Congress (Undaunted Dozen)
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IL-13
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Ken Calvert for Congress (Undaunted Dozen)
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CA-44
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Kirk for Congress (Undaunted Dozen)
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IL-10
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Lungren for Congress (Undaunted Dozen)
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CA-03
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$1,000 cash contribution
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McCotter Congressional Committee (Undaunted Dozen)
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MI-11
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Pete Olson for Congress
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TX-22
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$196.24 in-kind contribution
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Pete Sessions for Congress (Undaunted Dozen)
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TX-32
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$1,000 cash contribution
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Tedisco for Congress Inc
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NY-20
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$4,725.37 cash contribution
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Jim Tedisco-NRCC Victory Fund
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N/A
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$549.25 in-kind contribution ($274.63 attributed to Tedisco for Congress, Inc. and $274.62 attributed to NRCC)
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California Republican Assembly Fed. PAC
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N/A
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$5,000 cash contribution
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Republican Party of Virginia
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N/A
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$2 in-kind contribution
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National Republican Senatorial Committee
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N/A
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$2 in-kind contribution
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Friends of J. Bradley for State Senate
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NH State Senate
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$1,000 cash contribution from NH PAC
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New Hampshire Republican State Committee
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N/A
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$10,000 cash contribution from NH PAC
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