{"id":1971,"date":"2009-04-20T16:14:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2009-04-20T16:15:15","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T20:15:15","slug":"chris-dodd-taps-wall-street-for-campaign-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/chris-dodd-taps-wall-street-for-campaign-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Dodd Taps Wall Street for Campaign Cash"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote about Sen. Dodd’s dismal<\/a> in-state campaign fund raising efforts on Friday, today, thanks to the Associated Press we know much more those efforts.<\/p>\n

Sen. Dodd raised a total of $608,995 from individuals during the first quarter, only $4,250 came from Connecticut residents. The other $604,745 came from executives at companies such as Citigroup, Citizens Financial Group and Fidelity.<\/p>\n

Additionally the AP reports more than $100,000 of the more than $1 million raised by Dodd came from Political Action Commitees for the financial, insurance and real estate industries, among them the American Insurance Association, Mortgage Bankers Association and Real Estate Roundtable.<\/p>\n

You can read the full AP report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wrote about Sen. Dodd’s dismal in-state campaign fund raising efforts on Friday, today, thanks to the Associated Press we know much more those efforts. Sen. Dodd raised a total of $608,995 from individuals during the first quarter, only $4,250 came from Connecticut residents. The other $604,745 came from executives at companies such as Citigroup, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[534,164,209,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-1971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2010-elections","8":"tag-chris-dodd","9":"tag-connecticut","10":"tag-senate","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-vN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2538,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/chris-dodd-hates-lobbyists-but-not-their-cash\/","url_meta":{"origin":1971,"position":0},"title":"Chris Dodd Hates Lobbyists But Not Their Cash","author":"Jeff","date":"July 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"What I'm about to say should come as no surprise... 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