What Will Delaware Rep. Castle Do With His $861,000?

By Greg Giroux | July 13, 2009 4:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Mike Castle (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

Delaware Republican Rep. Michael N. Castle has $861,000 in his House campaign fund -- money that he could use for a U.S. Senate campaign he is still contemplating.

Castle, Delaware's sole House member, made the disclosure in a second-quarter filing Monday with the Federal Election Commission two days before a July 15 deadline that applies to all members of Congress and candidates.

Castle raised $125,000 during the reporting period, most of it from political action committees (PACs) and just $14,600 from individual donors. He actually raised more money, $186,000, in the second quarter of 2007, a majority of it from individual donors.

Castle, 70, is seen as more likely to run for Senate or to retire from politics than to seek re-election to the House. Democrat John Carney, a former lieutenant governor, is running for the House regardless of what Castle does.

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Comments

Castle would be now-Sen. Castle had Bill Roth did the sensible thing, considering his age and health, and retired in 2000. Carper probably wouldn't have run, and would have lost if he did.
The fact that Castle is 70 leads one to think that at the end of the day he will retire. Too late in life to start out at the bottom of the seniority ladder again. Very unfortunate. On the other hand, it is the Senate, and one senator can do a hell of a lot more than a minority house member. So we shall see...

Posted by: NObama | July 14, 2009 2:05 PM