Kathy Barnette turned some heads recently when her Federal Election Commission (F.E.C) campaign finance report revealed that she had raised more money in the second quarter than any of the other Republicans in the race for U.S. Senate.
For the period between April 1 and June 30 of 2021, Barnette reported net campaign contributions of $591,247.39. Perhaps more impressively, Barnette’s contributions came from approximately 900 different contributors, many of whom were from out of state.
In 2020 Barnette ran against and lost to Madeleine Dean in the in the 4th Congressional District. After the election, she claimed that 500 foreigners and several hundred dead people voted in her election. Barnette never responded to numerous requests to provide documentation to support those claims.
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Jeff Bartos, of Merion Park, wasn’t too far behind Barnette. His net contributions for the second quarter were $564918.27. Bartos report named approximately 500 contributors.
Click here to Jeff Bartos’ F.E.C. report
Sean Parnell, who ran unsuccessfully in Western Pennsylvania against Conor Lamb for a U.S. House Seat in 2020, was also in the same ballpark as Barnette and Bartos. According to his second-quarter F.E.C. report, Parnell had net contributions of $524,697.93. His report shows about 750 contributors.
Click here to see SEan Parnell’s F.E.C report
Sean Gale, brother of Montgomery County Commission Joe Gale (Joe Gale is running for Governor), hasn’t quite ramped up his fundraising efforts in the way that the other candidates have. He only reported contributions of $6102.59 for the quarter. Gale’s report shows a total of 12 contributions, seven of which are from himself.
On his Facebook Page, Joe Gale has attacked Bartos on several occasions. More recently, for five days in a row, Gale called attention to the amount of money that Barnette spent on her hair and makeup. So far Gale hasn’t attacked Parnell.
Click here to see Sean Gale’s F.E.C. campaign report.