Yesterday, we posted the question researched by our man in Miami, Kirk Nielsen. And today, here is the answer:
If Hialeah is the city with the greatest concentration of Hispanic Republicans in Miami-Dade County, and Rudy Giuliani is the only presidential candidate to campaign there so far, which of his rivals has received almost twice as much money in campaign contributions as he?
a) Mitt Romney
b) John McCain
c) Fred Thompson
d) none of the above
If you guessed d) either you have a very keen ear to the Hialeah ground or have been spending too much of your precious time looking at the FEC’s campaign finance reports. Hialeah residents have donated about $36,000 to Giuliani through September, compared to $16,000 for Mitt Romney and $9000 for John McCain. Leading the money game in Hialeah: Hillary Clinton, with nearly $66,000. Richardson trails her with about $13,000. Hialeahans have given Obama about $7000 and Edwards $3000.
One explanation might be Clinton’s run to the right on Cuba policy (she’s endorsed the Bush Administration’s ultra-tight restrictions on family visits and remittances to the island.) But another is the political machine of charismatic former mayor Raul Martinez, an unrepentant Cuban Democrat in the GOP’s Cuban-American stronghold, who is now working his magic for the Clinton machine.
However, a look at 3rd Quarter fundraising alone presents an intensifying scramble between Rudy and Hillary. Clinton raised $34,000 during that period; Giuliani $27,000.
The numbers are provided by the Federal Election Commission but crunched via the Washington Post’s campaign finance software.
Tags: Hialeah
November 6, 2007 at 10:05 pm |
i think this has more to do with the fact that hilary has actually held more then one fundraiser at raul’s house compared to giuliani who has visited for social gatherings and meet and greets.
January 4, 2008 at 11:49 am |
[...] of Cuban American voters. Raul Martínez, a Democrat, was elected Mayor several times and Hillary Clinton has raised more money in Hialeah than [...]