Inhofe, Lucas Bring In Campaign Cash
Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and state colleagues in Congress raise campaign cash
By Chris Casteel
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jim Inhofe and other members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation got busy in the past three months raising money for the 2014 elections, and freshmen Rep. Markwayne Mullin made a dent in his campaign debts from last year.
Inhofe, R-Tulsa, facing his first reelection campaign since 2008, raised nearly $180,000 from January through March, with more than $107,000 of that coming from political action committees representing a wide range of interests, including energy companies, banks and defense contractors.
Inhofe, who has been in the Senate since 1994, had $748,330 in his campaign account at the end of March, according to a campaign finance report filed this week.
Mullin, R-Westville, collected $143,150 in his first three months in Congress, with much of that earmarked to retire the considerable debt he accumulated in winning the only congressional seat in the state that had been held by a Democrat.