Sun 19 Aug 2007
Ogsbury frequent donor to Democrats.
Posted by az gnat under Campaigns & Elections , Political Parties[13] Comments
Thanks to a post on Random Musings we are working on a story detailing James (Jim) Ogsbury’s many donations over the past few years to Democratic candidates. Among the names are Patty Murray, David Obey, and as recently as late in 2006 Ed Pastor and Gabrielle Giffords.
You can see a list of Ogsbury Donations from the Federal Election Commission site here. Also view another list which includes Senator Patty Murray, Ed Pastor and Sam Coppersmith from Open Secrets.
August 19th, 2007 at 10:59 am
It also shows he’s contributed more than $21,000 to Republican candidates, including $500 to Steve Huffman and $3,700 to JD Hayworth in the election last cycle.
August 19th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
GOP = Good
Huffman = Bad
August 19th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
David Schweikert will run circles around Ogsbury. Ogsbury is already at a serious disadvantage in the money area.
August 19th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
I hear Mark Anderson and Jeff Hatch-Miller are also looking at the race… No women mentioned yet. Bitter-Smith was, but seems to have fallen off of the radar screen by now.
August 20th, 2007 at 6:38 am
How ironic… a few thousand dollars to Dems with years of giving over $21,000 to Republicans now Ogsbury the Republican will run against Harry Mitchell the Dem; it was Harry Mitchell who the GOP chair donated to in a general against a Republican.
August 20th, 2007 at 9:02 am
Count on Ann to try to tear the scab off of that old wound. Maybe Ann could run on a platform of “I’m a divider, not a uniter!”
Pathetic that she couldn’t resist…
How about $ to Giffords? Ann moves right on past Ogsbury’s very recent contributions to Giffords. Guess it doesn’t give her the opportunity to cheap shot Pullen again.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:55 am
AZBronco64
Is Schweikert raising money for a congressional run while serving as County Treasurer?
August 20th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Nah, he wouldn’t be allowed to do that. But he has personal money (as does Ogsbury) and I’ve heard that alot of the heavy hitters are prepared to back him and raise money for him when he gets in. Ogsbury doesn’t really have that because most folks in Arizona don’t know who he is, and he hardly enters the race as a favorite. Both of those make it a lot harder to raise big bucks.
But hey, he might surprise us!
August 20th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
The average voter will be more willing to “hire” a local elected official with a track record on taxes than a beltway big-money lobbyist. The race will boil down to local boy vs. Washington insider. In a day when any lobbyist is akin to Abramhoff, Ogsbury has too many negatives to overcome. He’d be better off saving his money for something that will bring a return on his investment.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
Ann,
Your point might be valid except Pullen’s donation to Mitchell was from the last century, 1998. Ogsbury’s donation to two Democratic Congressmen is less than 12 months old, the ink is barely dry on the checks.
August 20th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
That’s a good line, “the last century”. The irony remains, no judgement just an observation.
August 21st, 2007 at 6:38 am
Ann,
There is one other difference between our story and the treatment of the chairman. We do not need to tear down and attack Ogsbury. We simply present some interesting facts and let people make their own conclusions.
I still fail to see the irony because I do not really see the comparison (based mostly one the time frame and number of donations.)
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 am
Well, we can pick yet another trough seeking insider amazed with the slopping trail of cash from k street (which incidentally was one factor of why we are now sucking our thumbs on the other side of the aisle) or we can pick someone who has true homwtown conservative principles and who is a real fiscal conservative. I query, why would we put yet another lobbyist in the chair?