WASHINGTON – Democrat Tom Hayhurst’s campaign fund dwarfs the war chest of Republican opponent Marlin Stutzman more than 6-to-1, according to reports the northeast Indiana congressional candidates filed Thursday.
Hayhurst has nearly $279,000 on hand; Stutzman has nearly $42,000.
The lopsided finances are due in large measure to upheaval in the Republican Party. Hayhurst launched his candidacy last year, anticipating he would run against Rep. Mark Souder. But Souder unexpectedly resigned in mid-May, and northeast Indiana Republican precinct officials selected a candidate to replace Souder in mid-June. Stutzman was an official candidate for less than three weeks of the April 14-through-June period.
Candidates must periodically report the donations they receive and the money they spend to operate a campaign. The most receipt report covers the three spring months.
During the 17 days he was a congressional candidate in the spring reporting period, Stutzman raised $48,962 from individuals and $7,217 from political action committees.
Hayhurst started the three-month period with $233,000 on hand. From mid-April through June, he raised $127,829 – $123,758 from individuals and $3,700 from PACs – and has $278,839 on hand.
Since announcing he would run, Hayhurst has received $431,000 from individuals, political action committees and Democratic Party organizations. He unsuccessfully challenged Souder in 2006 and sat out the 2008 campaign.
From mid-April through June, Hayhurst received $3,700 from a political action committees and a Democratic Party organization: $2,500 from United Transportation Union; and $1,200 from the Third District Breakfast Club (for a total of $6,200). PACs are restricted to $5,000 per election. Because Hayhurst ran in the May primary and will be on the ballot for the special election to fill out the rest of Souder’s term as well as the election to fill the two-year term that begins in 2011, campaign donation limits are higher for Hayhurst than for the typical candidate.
Individuals may give Hayhurst up to $7,200 if they have already given him $4,800 toward the primary. From top-dollar donors, Hayhurst received $3,000 from Dr. Christopher Stack of Indianapolis and $2,400 apiece from retiree Mary M. Maloney ($3,400) and retiree Richard D. Waterfield (for a total of $4,800); $2,300 from attorney Joe Andrew of Washington; and $1,500 apiece from Kurt Henry, owner of Hoosier Metal Recycling; retiree Ann Stack of Indianapolis; and Charles Surack owner of Sweetwater Sound.
He received $1,000 apiece from Dr. Bhaktavatsala Apuri; retiree Alden Beasley of Middlebury; John R Brooks of Roanoke, executive vice president of Brooks Construction; attorney Craig Doyle of Indianapolis; Dr. Mohammed Ghazali; Dr. Alan Gilbert ($1,500); Attorney Steven Holley of New York, N.Y.; retiree Virginia Horvath of Woodburn; homemaker Janet Katz ($3,400); Dr. Kevin J. Kelly ($2,000); Attorney Irwin B Levin of Indianapolis; Frank Levinson of Syracuse, managing director of Small World Group ($1,150); Michael F. Lynch, not employed; retiree Linda Miller ($2,000); retiree Roger Miller ($2,000); Dr. Venkata Musunuru of Granger; Woodrow Myers of Indianapolis, managing director of Myers Ventures; Sean Natarajan. managing director of Global Water Solutions; retiree Sarah Rozar or Eatonton, Ga. ($1,500); Dr. Moses Safirstein of Churubusco; attorney Joe Shull; retiree Randall Tobias of Carmel; retiree John Walley ($2,000); retiree Barbara Zee-Cheng; and attorney Grant F. Shipley ($2,000).
He received $800 from Jerry Williams of Indianapolis, CEO Eagle Investment; $750 from retiree Isabel Alvarez ($955); $650 from Elizabeth Frederick, attorney with the Social Security Administration ($1,150); and $600 Stephen Smith, manager of Allied Physicians ($1,200).
Hayhurst received $500 apiece from Dr. Farrukh Adhami ($2,900); Tariq M. Alkhairy, managing director of the University of Seychelles; attorney Dennis C Becker; Dr. Jeffery Breall of Carmel; attorney Philip Burt ($1,000); artist Jane Caldwell of Roanoke ($1,000); Dr. Ron Caldwell Roanoke ($1,000: Fred Cate of Bloomington, professor at Indiana University; retiree Doloris Cogan of Elkhart; Brian Crowl, owner of Playfair Shuffleboard ($1,500); Daniel Cutaia of Naperville, Ill., president of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.; and retiree Curtis Daniels of Crawfordsville.
Also Dr, Satish Dasar of Dyer; Dr, Stephen Dunlop of Indianapolis ($1,250); homemaker Robyn Fisher; attorney Dennis Geisleman ($750); attorney Philippa Guthrie of Bloomington; Dr. Ihsan U. Haq of Monroe, Mich.; Dr, James J. Heger ($1,500); Chris Henry, owner of C. Henry Steel ($1,500); Kris Jensen, SCAN social worker ($1,250); Dr, Venkateswara Kanubaddi; Dr. Linda Kaplan ($1,500); Dr. Thomas Koerner; Dr. Joseph Ladowski; retiree William LaSalle of Leo ($1,000); and retiree Richard Linnemeier of Bloomington.
Also Dr. Jerry Mackel of Huntertown ($1,500); retiree Charles H Mason; Mike McCartin, sales manager for BP; Krishnakant Merchant, manager of Zimmer ($750); Phillip Mervis of Indianapolis, consultant with Mervis Industrial Services; Consultant Elkhart Mayor Richard Moore; attorney Gwendolyn M Morgan; retiree Sandra Moyer of New Haven; Dr. James A Myers of Whitestown; Dr. V.R. Prasad Nalamolu ($750); teacher Laurie Orlow ($750); homemaker Amy Peckinpaugh; Dr. David Pollifrone ($1,500); and Dr. Subhash Reddy; Dr. Peter Rothman.
Also Joseph D. Ruffolo managing partner of Ruffolo Benson ($1,000); Dr. Gohar A. Salam of Huntertown ($2,900); attorney Paul Sauerteig; retiree Cynthia Schmidt ($1,000); Mark Schutte of Zionsville, presidnet of MS Technology; retiree David Silletto ($1,000); attorney Kathleen Silliman ($1,000); ($1,500); Dr. Robert Stone of Bloomington ($600); Dr. Mohammad Taqi of Gainesville, Fla.; attorney Nick Thiros of Schererville; Dr. James Trippi of Indianapolis; Omer Waddles of Carmel, consultant; attorney Linda Wagoner of Angola; Paul Wehrenberg of Palo Alto, Calif., manager of Apple Computer ($1,000); homemaker Melani Wilson; Peter Wilson, president of Pyromation Inc.; Dr. Steve Wintermeyer of Carmel; Dr. Harley Yoder of Elkhart; and Miriam Zolan of Bloomington, Indiana University professor.
Stutzman’s individual donors may give a maximum of $4,800; PACs may donate up to $10,000.
Stutzman’s top-dollar donors were: $4,800 apiece from Ronda L. Hanning, manager of Bill’s Bistro; Dennis Marcott of Elkhart, executive with Postle Distributors Inc.; Donald P. McArdle, consultant with McArdle Realty and Consulting; and Dennis L. Wright, executive with Wirco.
He received $2,400 apiece from Michael D. Axel of Kendallville, investment management with AMI; Natalie L. Axel of Kendallville, occupation not listed; Deanna K. Freeland, executive with Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne; and Richard Freeland, executive with Pizza Hut of Fort Wayne;
Stutzman received $2,000 apiece from Rick Henvey, chief operating officer of Parkview Health, and John F. Popp, executive with Perfection Bakery; and $1,000 apiece from Ken M. Baranowski of Albion, executive with SCI; Sean Lyons with Riverside Manufacturing; retiree Jack Shaw of Coldwater, Mich.; and Terry L. Tucker of Warsaw, executive with Maple Leaf Farms.
He received $500 apiece from Joesph A. Atz of Kendallville, executive with Atz Furniture Co.; Loren D. Fifer of South Milford, no occupation listed; attorney C. Susan Glick of LaGrange; Nathaniel S. Golm, executive with Leaders Staffing; Avid W. Goodman of Angola, no occupation listed; and George Nickell of Bristol, owner of Nickell Moulding Co.
Stutzman received $5,000 from a PAC operated by Rep. Mike Pence, R-6th; $1,467 from a PAC operated by Mike Huckabee; and $500 from a PAC operated by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C.
