Greenberg Loans His Campaign More Money; No Numbers Yet For His Opponents

Mark Greenberg didn’t raise a lot of money from individuals in recent months, but he did loan a significant amount of his own money to his congressional campaign.

That was always the plan, said Greenberg’s spokesman, Chris Cooper. Greenberg believes his time is better spent talking to voters and getting his message out rather than fundraising, Cooper said. He also thinks its hard to ask people for money for a primary race in this tough economy, he said.

Greenberg is the first Republican in the 5th Congressional District race to file a campaign finance report for the second quarter with the Federal Election Commission. The quarter began April 1 and ended June 30.

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The 58-year-old businessman from Litchfield reports ending the quarter with $761,635 on hand. He also reports loaning his campaign $650,000 during the second quarter, bringing the total amount of money he has loaned his campaign since February 2011 to $1.49 million.

That’s about 84 percent of the $1.7 million he has raised overall.

Greenberg reports receiving $283,196 from 238 contributors since he entered the race. That number is up slightly from the $279,000 he reported receiving from individual donors in his first quarter report.

Greenberg has not received any money from political action or party committees, and he is not the only Republican candidate in the 5th District race who has contributed his own money to help his campaign.

Greenberg will face Justin Bernier, Andrew Roraback and Lisa Wilson-Foley in an Aug. 14 Republican primary. Bernier, Roraback and Wilson-Foley have not released their fundraising numbers yet, but must do so by July 15.

First quarter reports, however, show that both Bernier and Wilson-Foley contributed their own money to their campaigns. Bernier reported giving $25,000, while Wilson-Foley said she contributed $522,000.

Roraback, who was nominated by his party for the 5th District seat in the spring, did not report spending any of his own money on the race.