Independent for Congress passes $100k in fundraising….

Independent for Congress passes $100k in fundraising in New Mexico. In a news release sent from the Adam Kokesh for Congress Campaign they announced they have raised more than, “$100,000 in their first reporting period.”

The campaign was extremely proud of the victory because, “This campaign has raised more in the first reporting period than any republican in an entire primary since this seat was last held by a Republican in 1998.” The campaign reports have not officially been posted on fec.gov.

Kokesh is running as an Independent. He has been endorsed by the Modern Whig Party and Congressman Dr. Ron Paul.

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$100k+ for independent Congressional candidate…

$100k+ for independent Congressional candidate Adam Kokesh in the last quarter of fundraising.

Kokesh, is running for New Mexico’s Third Congressional District, against incumbent Democrat Ben R. Lujan. The Kokesh campaign was trying to pass the $100,000 fundraising goal before October 1st, and it looks like they did it.

Campaign website blog says, “Just in the nick of time, we had a $1000 donation come through which put us over the top, with minutes to spare! We had over 250 donors come through in the last two days of this push, and the average donation was less than $100.”

SOURCE:

http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/posts/you-did-it-thanks-support

Modern Whigs back second candidate…

Modern Whigs back second candidate… for Congress.

In their Independence Day message the Modern Whig party announced they are backing Adam Kokesh’s run for Congress. Kokesh is running in New Mexico’s Third District.

Kokesh has said if he will run on any party ticket. Kokesh has also been endorsed by two people that ran for President in 2008; Congressman Ron Paul and former Senator Mike Gravel.

Democrat Ben Lujan is currently in his first term in Congress representing New Mexico’s Third District. In 2008, the area showed 14% support for independent Carol Miller.

Paul McKain is running for Congress on the Modern Whig Party ticket in Florida. McKain was the first person to run for office on the Modern Whig ticket.

SOURCE:

http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/

http://modernwhigparty.blogspot.com/2009/07/independence-day-message.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mey5QkdUUrA&eurl=http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/blog&feature=player_embedded

http://www.kokeshforcongress.com/posts/ron-paul-weighs