One of These Pols Is Not Like The Others

By Steve Poftak
February 1st, 2010

The Phoenix’s David Bernstein trolls through the most recent OCPF filings to figure out who is sitting on a warchest. In the $1m+ plus club are a bunch of the usual suspects — various Congressmen, the LG, etc. — but one name jumps out: State Senator Mark Montigny is sitting on ~$1.2 million. The next closest state legislator is Thomas Petrolati, with less than half that. Curious.

And one other oddity — the LG has close to $1.1m on hand, while Governor Patrick has only $634k. My hunch is that the Gov has other money squirreled away in party-affiliated accounts, so it may be a bit deceiving. Still, gives you an idea of who is working at raising money.

One other caveat: As Bernstein has noted in the past, OCPF filings are tricky things — they get amended or filed late, and candidates can use CDs to shuffle money in and out of accounts.