November 03, 2005

Could Bingaman Get A Real Challenge?

Although he's received virtually no media coverage so far, NM SEN candidate/urologist Allen McCulloch (R) quietly raised nearly $136K from various contributors in the 3rd quarter, far outpaising the $21K raised by Santa Fe councilor David Pfeffer (R).

In that time, McCulloch somehow managed to spend only $428, leaving him with over $140K CoH.

The only press mention of McCulloch to date comes courtesy of logger Joe Monahan who wrote in 8/05 that insiders have described McCulloch as a "reliable right-wing" GOPer and "is the son-in-law of well-known Four Corners oilman Jimmy Drake."

A source: "Jimmy has not had the most cordial of relationships with (Sen. Jeff Bingaman), so that could be a factor in this."

Monahan confirmed today that there has been virtually no recent discussion of McCulloch in NM political circles. However McCulloch did visit with NRSC officials in DC in 10/05 and they say he'd be an impressive candidate.

Will McCulloch be able to keep up his fundraising pace now that he's presumably exhausted his personal rolodex? To do so, he'll have to start spending some of the money he's hoarded, and in any event, he'll certainly want to inform the local media and NM GOP leaders of his candidacy. [QUINN MCCORD]

Posted at 03:53 PM

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