Scott Perry managed to both post a horrible fundraising quarter AND file his FEC report incorrectly
Scott Perry, call your office.
In an impressive double-whammy, Congressman Perry not only managed to put up pathetic fundraising numbers (less than $150,000) for an incumbent member of Congress who barely won re-election last year, but also somehow misfiled his weak fundraising report. Maybe Perry was hoping nobody would be able to find it?
Daily Kos Elections reports:
GOP Rep. Scott Perry won re-election just 51-49 last year and faces a serious challenge in Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District from Democratic state Auditor Eugene DePasquale, but let’s just say this burgeoning threat hasn’t exactly motivated Perry to get his shit together.
Perry just reported raising $150,000 from April 1 to June 30, which is terrifically bad for a vulnerable incumbent, and finished the second quarter of the year with just $300,000 in the bank. Bizarrely, though, Perry filed two fundraising reports: a “pre-special” election filing covering the period of April 1 to May 4, and a “post-special” report for the remainder of the quarter. You can be forgiven for forgetting about the special election Perry went through earlier this year because there wasn’t one.
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We have no idea why Perry’s staffers decided to create unnecessary work for themselves by filing these two reports, nor why none of them caught the error in the nearly two months since they filed their first report. But given how little cash Perry’s reported raising in the last three months, it’s safe to assume he’s not hiring the best campaign staff money can buy
“After barely eeking out a win last November, Scott Perry is facing the fight of his political life in 2020, but he still can’t seem to get his act together,” said DCCC spokesperson Mike Gwin. “From fueling the gridlock in Congress to siding with his corporate donors on votes that raise health care costs for middle-class families, Scott Perry represents everything that’s broken in Washington, and it’s clear that Pennsylvanians are ready for a representative who will look out for them, for a change.”
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