State Rep. Marsha Looper, R-Calhan
Talk about paying your own way.
As of May 24, Rep. Marsha Looper’s campaign has raised roughly $64,000 in her race for House District 19. And $52,000 of that came from Looper herself.
Looper, an incumbent Calhan Republican, is running against House Majority Leader Amy Stephens, R-Monument, because both were mashed into the same House district by reapportionment maps drawn last December by Capitol Democrats. The two incumbents have been fighting viciously ever since.
According to the Secretary of State’s office, Looper has raised a precise total of $64,312.12, and $52,460 has been hers.
Stephens’ campaign has raised $66,098.43, and Stephens has not contributed any money to her campaign, according to the Secretary’s records.
In the last reporting period, from May 17 to May 30, Looper gave her campaign $11,500. On May 24, Looper contributed $1,500 to her campaign, and the day before that, she contributed $4,000. On May 17, it was $6,000.
House Majority Leader Amy Stephens, R-Monument
“These are the actions of professional politicians who will do say or pay anything to get elected,” said Rob O’Regan, consultant to Stephens. “It’s a pretty clear representation of Amy being for the people and Marsha being for herself.”
Looper’s campaign did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
I’d agree with that statement about Marsha.
Did any of this money come from Marsha selling her son down the river?
Why is the Gazette ignoring the story of Looper having a gay son, and the fallout from her own campaign manager inadvertently leaking this information to supporters? The Post was all over it, but at least online, it’s been crickets from the Gazette.
LOL my bad John. I see that you did reference the Post story in a previous post. But was this covered in the larger paper?
So outing her son was a sad act of desperation?
and who says they dont get paid enough
Her son Travis is a nice guy. Went to college with him. I why I find her stances odd…you know, most repubs are heavily against homosexuality until they, sigh, have to admit they have a gay son or daughter. Funny how their tune changes so quickly after that.
**Correction – This is why I find her stance odd…
Hey John
Why did you not report where Stephens got her money from? Where is the “baught and paid for” story? I gave it to you with all the data on a silver platter?
Did you know it is LEGAL to use left over campaign contributions to use for travel so long as the travel is “business relatd?” Stephens knows; in fact, her Jan 2012 tracer report shows a $1200 expense paid for by left-over campaign contributions for the RITZ Carlton in Puerto Rico. Yup. I’m sure that’s how her campaign contributors wanted it to be used. Oh wait! They were mostly special interests..big energy, healthcare, lobbist, and lawyers. What do they care…there is more where that came from. geesh!
While were on the topic, how about all the money flowing in 501(c)3 groups to support Stephens? If Looper is so bad for doing this, how about the extra money to support Stephens?