In a news release sent late last night, the gubernatorial campaign of U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., announced it had raised more than $1.2 million so far.
The release states that “late contributions are still being tallied and (Rep. Wamp’s) official campaign finance report will not be filed until closer to the July 15 filing deadline.”
Rep. Wamp said his goal was to raise $1 million by June 30.
The Wamp campaign had more than $1 million in the bank, the release states.
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, Shelby County District Attorney Bill Gibbons and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville, are also seeking the GOP nomination for governor.
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Sen. Ramsey sure is awful quiet. Not like The Whiner at all.
Must be contemplating a tough choice: support Gov. Haslam, who's gonna win, or (sniff, sniff) throw a bone to the WrongWingers (sniff, sniff) and support inexperienced Congressman (à la Don Sundquist) Wamp (sniff, sniff), once described as a "onetime cocaine-sniffing real estate dealer" by the well-respected Memphis Commercial Appeal. (See Oct. 13, 2003 issue which shot this lead into the heart of Wamp's abortive Senate bid: "Memphis, meet Zach Wamp, onetime cocaine-sniffing real estate dealer..." We heard Wamp's sniffing actually occurred more than once. That should make him a multitimer, not a onetimer.
That is, unless Ramsey has found a loophole to raise retroactive funding to revive his abortive campaign in an attempt to show $6 million cash on hand.
Or will Ramsey just turn this into funnel money for legislative races?