SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Celeste Maloy has raised over $450,000 in her bid to replace former Rep. Chris Stewart in the U.S. House of Representatives, while Democrat Kathleen Riebe has more cash on hand heading into the final month of a truncated special election campaign.
Between Aug. 17 and Sept. 30, Maloy raised $145,000 compared to Riebe’s $104,000, though the GOP convention winner has incurred more than $400,000 in campaign expenses this year as she faced a narrow three-way primary for the party’s nomination, according to recent candidate filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Riebe now has $84,000 to spend ahead of the Nov. 21 general election, compared with Maloy’s $53,000.
While money raised can be a signal of support for candidates and give them a bigger platform for spreading their message, it’s not necessarily an indicator of who will win. Both of Maloy’s primary challengers, Becky Edwards and Bruce Hough, had significantly more cash in their campaign coffers but were unable to turn that into a victory.
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Written by BRIDER BEAL-CVETKO, KSL.com.