Via McCarville we see the latest campaign finance reports indicate a brewing primary battle with at least four well-funded candidates.
Mike Thompson has raised the most with $571,000. Following Thompson is Kevin Calvey with $419,000. James Lankford and Jeff Cloud had smaller, but still respectable receipts of $130,000 and $175,000 respectively.
All of the candidates are Republicans. Which still leaves us wondering, “Where are all the Democrats?” Time is ticking and Democrats still haven’t been able to find a credible challenger. Last we heard, rumors were that Jim Roth or Andrew Rice would jump in the race, but that seems unlikely now. Democrats stand little chance of taking District 5 in this political environment and neither Roth nor Rice want to add consecutive losses to their political resume.
