Published in the Washington Post on October 16, 2012:
There are less than three weeks left in the 2012 election, and we just got our final dose of quarterly fundraising numbers from House and Senate campaigns.
With the battle for both chambers pretty well defined at this point and much of the money already spent, it’s not worth going through every minute detail of the data.
Instead, we’re going to highlight just a few reports that we think matter — and could come to define some key races.
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* Charlie Bass/Frank Guinta: Both New Hampshire GOP freshmen were outraised by more than $300,000 in the third quarter. Bass will be outspent by Ann McLane Kuster (D) in a race that might be tilting toward Kuster, while Guinta finds himself in an increasingly tough spot against former congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (D). And the fact that Shea-Porter, who was once a meager fundraiser, raised $675,000 for the quarter suggests she’s a much improved candidate.