Tony Raimondo Goes All In for U.S. Senate

Omaha World Herald is reporting this morning that Tony Raimondo has triggered the millionaire's amendment now that he has dumped over $450,000 of his own dollars into the campaign.

This, of course, means that his chief Democratic rival Scott Kleeb can raise $6,900 from individual contributors or three times the federal max.

Overall, Raimondo has raised $552,000 leaving only $102,000 coming from individual donors. This means, as reported by the OWH, that 82% of Raimondo's campaign is coming from his checkbook. (The Federal Election Commission website reports that the $102,000 is coming from just 90 contributors.)

Raimondo is either a terrible fundraiser or really, really lazy.

Kleeb, by contrast, has raised $364,000 from over 1,500 individual contributors -- of which over 90% can donate again. They were quoted as saying: "I think this shows there is a very, very stark contrast between a guy who's giving $450,000 to himself and a guy who has 1,500 people willing to contribute."

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Normally, comparing Tony Raimondo to Pat Flynn would be unfair. (...instead of hilarious.) But the FEC reports that Pat Flynn has raised $117,190 -- or $15,000 more than Tony Raimondo.

Honestly, would he even be a serious candidate if he wasn't trying to buy the Senate primary.