Turner Tops In Congressional Primary Funding
Self-funded Oklahoma legislator has most money
By SEAN MURPHY, AP
A 27-year-old first-term Republican state representative from Oklahoma City who put $500,000 of his own money into his campaign has amassed the biggest war chest in the race to replace U.S. Rep. James Lankford in the 5th Congressional District, federal campaign finance reports show.
Documents provided by Republican state Rep. Mike Turner’s campaign on Wednesday show he spent about $170,000 during the reporting cycle that ended March 31, and finished the period with more than $333,000 in cash on hand. Most of Turner’s expenditures went to a television ad buy in the Oklahoma City market and on targeted cable channels.
Federal campaign finance reports covering fundraising and expenditures during the first quarter of 2014 were due by midnight Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission.
Turner, whose family owned Turner Bros Trucking for four generations, said self-funding his campaign allows him not to take political contributions from lobbyists or political action committees.