Claire Gustafson, the Republican nominee for New Jersey’s 1st congressional district, introduced in the present day that she has loaned her marketing campaign $100,000, a major addition to the $38,650 she has raised so removed from donors.
“Between our knowledge and anecdotal proof that Democrats have numbers similar to our numbers we all know we’ve our greatest likelihood at lastly kicking the political cartel out of South Jersey,” Gustafson stated in a press release. “We’re in it to win it. That’s why after a lot prayer and dialogue with my household I’ve determined to make a large funding in my very own marketing campaign.”
Final week, Gustafson’s marketing campaign launched a ballot that confirmed her trailing Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) by simply 5 factors, 49-44%, in a district that sometimes provides Democrats margins of 20 factors or extra. Norcross has raised nearly $1.6 million to this point this cycle, and isn’t anticipated to be in vital hazard of shedding within the common election.
“I’m not a rich girl,” Gustafson stated. “I’m hopeful my funding will get donors off the sidelines as a result of we all know this race goes to price greater than $100,000.”
Gustafson’s funding in her marketing campaign makes her one among a number of New Jersey Republicans who’re partially or totally bankrolling their campaigns this cycle. A lot of the practically $500,000 11th district nominee Paul DeGroot has raised to this point has come from his personal pockets, whereas third district nominee Bob Healey Jr. has put greater than one million {dollars} into his race.
