Today marks day 10 of the
Rightroots 15-Day Challenge to bring in 100 donations per candidate. Having followed this effort closely from the beginning, I'm happy to report that each day I've watched the number of donors and fundraising totals increase.
But with time running out on the challenge -- it ends Wednesday, September 20 -- we need your help now more than ever to push us closer to our goal.
Rightroots has a remarkable average donation of something like $49 since we launched the challenge. But with an undertaking such as this one, it's the number of donations per candidate that matters most.
That's why today, if you're considering making a donation, it would do more good to give $10 to all 21 candidates than $210 to one candidate. However, you don't even need to contribute that much. All it takes is $1 -- for a grand total of $21 for all candidates -- to help us meet the goal.
Getting started is easy. Just click on any of the names below.
And if you're a blogger and support
Rightroots, leave a comment on our blog. We'll be compiling a list of bloggers who link to Rightroots and note your support.
| US House of Representatives |
Total Raised |
15 Day Challenge |
| Michele Bachmann (MN-06) |
$ 2,807 |
16 |
| Chuck Blasdel (OH-6) |
$ 1,587 |
12 |
| Max Burns (GA-12) |
$ 1,660 |
12 |
| John Gard (WI-08) |
$ 1,893 |
16 |
| Diana Irey (PA-12) |
$ 8,525 |
24 |
| Jeff Lamberti (IA-03) |
$ 1,633 |
12 |
| David McSweeney (IL-08) |
$ 1,986 |
17 |
| Ray Meier (NY-24) |
$ 4,411 |
20 |
| Ralph Norman (SC-05) |
$ 522 |
19 |
| Rick O'Donnell (CO-07) |
$ 1,640 |
12 |
| Peter Roskam (IL-06) |
$ 1,921 |
19 |
| Van Taylor (TX-17) |
$ 4,320 |
18 |
| Scott Tipton (CO-3) |
$ 1,963 |
11 |
| Chris Wakim (WV-01) |
$ 2,554 |
10 |
| Mike Whalen (IA-01) |
$ 1,752 |
10 |
| Andrea Lane Zinga (IL-17) |
$ 493 |
17 |
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| US Senate |
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| Mike Bouchard: (Michigan) |
$ 1,321 |
32 |
| Thomas Kean (New Jersey) |
$ 3,062 |
17 |
| Mark Kennedy (Minnesota) |
$ 5,223 |
24 |
| Mike McGavick (Washington) |
$ 2,707 |
16 |
| Michael Steele (Maryland) |
$ 4,678 |
26 |
UPDATE -- 7:46 p.m.: After spending the whole day at media training at the Leadership Institute, I'm just now catching up on the significant progress we've made toward meeting our goal. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Please continue to spread word among your friends.
For bloggers out there, we now have a couple cool graphics that you can add to your website. Take your pick between these two images. The more we spread the word about Rightroots, the more likely we are to meet our goal.
