Papageorgio
The Ultimate Winner
Of course he would be. July 1st was an FEC filing deadline.
Every campaign, for every office, in the entire country has spent the last week begging for money.
It's July 3rd... He's still begging...
If it makes you feel better to call it "begging", that's fine. But don't try to claim that he isn't doing the same thing as every other candidate for every other seat is.
That's how politics in this country works. Candidates spend most of their time "begging" for money.
The OP is about pre July 1st fundraising, though.
Yes, but he has been campaigning for almost six years.