Ehrlich-Kane Campaign Exceeds Fundraising Goal, Shows Strong Momentum Heading Into Fall Campaign

ANNAPOLIS – More than 13,000 donors – 96 percent of whom reside in Maryland – contributed $3.2 million to the Ehrlich-Kane ticket for the reporting period ending August 10th, putting Bob Ehrlich and Mary Kane in a virtual dead heat with the O’Malley-Brown campaign for the period. The Ehrlich campaign exceeded its goal of $3 million raised for the period.

“It is truly humbling that so many Marylanders of all political parties would embrace our plan to get Maryland working again with more jobs, lower taxes, and less spending,” said Ehrlich. “We built a campaign operation from scratch just four months ago, yet ran virtually neck and neck with the incumbent in this fundraising period. The results reinforce what we hear in every community: Marylanders are embracing our positive, ideas-driven vision for Maryland and rejecting my opponent’s attack ads and cynicism.”

The percent of in-state donations and small dollar donations is a strong confirmation that the Ehrlich-Kane ticket’s momentum is fueled by working Marylanders, not powerful interests or out-of-state donors. The O’Malley–Brown campaign has thus far refused to release their percent of small dollar donors or out-of-state donors.
Ehrlich-Kane Campaign Finance Report Facts:

· More than 96 percent of all contributions are from Maryland
· The Ehrlich campaign has in excess of $2 million in the bank
· 14,730 donors made 22,150 contributions to the campaign since January, 2007
· Since April, the campaign received 18,267 contributions from 13,335 donors
· 63 percent of the donations were under $50 and 65 percent were less than $100
· 36 percent of the donors are first time Ehrlich donors
· Since April, the average donation is $171
· Mary Kane for Maryland reports $11,000 in donations