Randy Altschuler
Chris Bragg Reports: Republican businessman Randy Altschuler, who is running a rematch this year against Suffolk County Democratic Congressman Tim Bishop, raised a solid $215,000 over the past fundraising quarter, according to a disclosure filed yesterday. But he still is far behind the Democratic incumbent in total dollars in the bank.
Altschuler retains $583,000 in cash on hand, and still owes himself $500,000 for a loan he took out during his extremely narrow loss to Bishop in 2010. Bishop’s last filing in October showed $998,000 on hand, and his January filing is not yet available.
Altschuler, who won a divisive three-way Republican primary in 2010, now has most local establishment Republican support behind him, but still will face a challenge from one of his 2010 opponents, George Demos, who continues to lob attacks about Altschuler’s past career that involved outsourcing jobs.
The January filing for Demos shows only $12,800 raised over the last quarter, and $86,000 on hand.
