In 2001 a guy named Josh Segall was the Northern Virginia Deputy Field Director on Mark Warner's victorious campaign for Governor of Virginia. Now, he has moved back to Alabama and is running for Congress. Today, Josh released his first quarter fundraising results, and they are very impressive.
SEGALL RELEASES FIRST FUNDRAISING NUMBERSCandidate reports an impressive $270,304.68, exceeding benchmark of viability
Montgomery, AL. -- Joshua Segall, candidate for Alabama's 3rd Congressional District, raised $270,304.68 during his first fundraising quarter. This impressive number proves Josh's viability in the race and underscores Alabamians' desire to see a change in Congress.
See the "flip" for the rest of Josh's press release. It's great to see a former Warner guy running for Congress in the "red" state of Alabama.
"I'm so grateful to have such wide-spread and strong support from throughout Alabama and across the country. This report shows voters are responding to my campaign to put Alabama first for a change," said Segall. He continued, "We're ready for change in the third district. Our jobs are leaving the district by the thousands, our national guardsmen and military reservists are not getting the support they deserve in combat or when they come home and drought conditions are crippling yet another generation of our family farmers. We have to turn these things around in order to get Alabama back on track,"Currently occupying Alabama's 3rd congressional seat is Republican Mike Rogers who, according to Congress.org, was recently rated 403rd in effectiveness of the 110th Congress' 435 member body, making him the least effective member of the House from Alabama and placing him in the bottom 10% for the entire legislative body.
Siding with the Republican Party and special interests over the needs of the district, Rogers voted against a pay raise for our Military Reservists and against a combat bonus for our National Guardsman. Rogers showed the same disregard for Alabama farmers and textile workers by supporting trade deals that cost our district 10,000 jobs and sending subsidies to big agribusiness instead of our family farmers who have been struggling to recover from the effects of massive drought.
Alabama's 3rd congressional district is an historically Democratic seat that enjoys 47.5% Democratic performance. The last cycle this race was competitive was in 2002 when the Democratic candidate came within 3,800 votes of victory.
According to the Segall for Congress campaign, Josh received $251,034.34 from individual contributions, $3,300 from PAC donations, and a $14,000 in-kind contribution from the candidate. $57,195.71 was raised from 277 ActBlue donors.
Josh entered this race because his work as the founder of Homegrown Alabama showed there is a place for innovation and entrepreneurialism in government. Josh believes that with new leadership, the third district can stand up for every veteran, every farmer and every worker struggling to make ends meet. Josh is a fourth generation Alabamian and Montgomery native and is currently practicing civil defense and bankruptcy law at a local firm.