Brooklyn City Council Member Ari Kagan, who switched from the Democratic to Republican Party, has raised less than $10,000 in his reelection bid to date — a small fraction of the haul his Democratic colleague and rival Justin Brannan has brought it in.
date — a small fraction of the over $40,000 haul his Democratic colleague and competitor Justin Brannan has brought in, according toBut Brannan, whom Kagan would ultimately face in a November general election were he to win the June GOP primary, has spent a sizable portion of his campaign funds, meaning he and Kagan have roughly the same amount of cash on hand.
Meanwhile, Brannan — who chairs the powerful Committee on Finance — has raked in $40,628 since last March, only three months after taking his seat for his current term. “There was Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years,” Kagan said. “I’m having my official kickoff of my campaign, next Thursday. So, I basically fundraised for about a week. Most of my donations came in about like [the last] seven, eight days. I have just started fundraising. I will definitely raise much more. That’s not even a discussion.”
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