Contact: Stacy Brenton, Communications Director
515-822-3029 (office)
Contact: Stacy
Brenton
Fallon for Congress
(515) 822-3029
stacy@fallonforcongress.com
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RELEASE
(Des Moines, April 14, 2008, 4:15
CDT) - Fallon says he's pleased with his
fundraising, which has raised a total of
$171,618.70, all from individual contributors.
In several of his campaigns, he has been
outspent by wide margins, and he expects the
same results to occur in this race. "I've
always run as an underdog, and this time is no
different. Traditional campaigns rely
heavily on expensive consultants and media
advertising, especially T.V. commercials. This
week, we've taken a more creative route by
releasing a new YouTube video today called
"Campaigns of the Rich and
Powerful."
The tongue-in-cheek video features
a misguided reporter who steps into the Team
Fallon office to investigate the alleged
massive wealth of a grassroots campaign. Cuban
cigars, Benjamin Franklins, caviar, and
diamonds are paving the way for more
progressive future... or not.
Fallon says the campaign does not
accept donations from PACs or lobbyists. "At
the end of the quarter, we had 2,082
contributors, who gave an average of $82.43. As
of mid-February of this year, we had 1,652
donors, which was more than ten times the
number of individual donors than Rep. Leonard
Boswell had last year. We know he has been
working very hard to increase the number of
individual contributors, since 74 percent of
his money came from PACs last year."
Fallon believes Iowa gained many
new voters during the Iowa Caucuses because the
message of getting big money out of politics
resonates. Fallon says, "People didn't
believe that Obama would turn out the number of
supporters that he did. I'm
seeing the same kind of backing from my
contributors because they're excited about my
campaign reform message and principles, and the
new energy that I will bring to Congress. They
know that ending the war, getting universal
health care, addressing global climate change,
and turning our economy around won't happen
unless we get big money out of politics. Even a
Democrat in the White House next year won't be
able to effect the changes we need without more
progressive Democrats in Congress who aren't
under the influence of special interest
money."
Fallon says this is the reason he
is receiving support from all over the
country.
"Along with my Iowa supporters, I have
received 31 percent from mostly small
individual out-of-state contributors who are
standing up and saying 'Enough!' with status
quo politics in Washington. This
stands in stark contrast to the out-of-state
corporate PAC money that accounts for the
majority of contributions to the Boswell
campaign," he said.
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