WASHINGTON - Some campaign disclosure reports were available prior to tonight's midnight deadline, but many were not, including the 9th District's for Willie Herenton and Steve Cohen.
Marsha Blackburn, seeking a fifth term representing the 7th Congressional District which includes parts of eastern Shelby County, raised $81,786 from individuals and $137,050 from political action committees in the quarter ending June 30. She spent $114,914 in the three-month period and has $768,672 in cash on hand.
The report for Democrat Greg Rabidoux, Blackburn's opponent in November, was not available.
The independent expenditure committee created by 8th Congressional District candidate Ronald Kirkland's brother, Robert Kirkland of Union City, reported spending $614,140 in the second quarter. It spent $84,545 in the first quarter. Under federal election law, an independent expenditure committee cannot coordinate its activities with a candidate's own committee, and the brothers have agreed not to speak with one another for the duration of the campaign.
None of the 8th District Republicans candidates' reports were available Thursday evening but should be posted on Friday.
John Tanner, who will retire in January from the 8th District seat he's held since 1989, didn't raise any money in the second quarter but spent $40,659, including $35,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
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