Bera Beats Lungren in all Important Fundraising Race

The Bera for Congress campaign released its fundraising totals for the fourth quarter ending in December and again the Democratic challenger to Dan Lungren outperformed his rival.

Last year Bera has raised $1,103,157, with a cash on hand total of $918,873. Bera is running in California’s new 7th Congressional District, setting up a highly anticipated rematch with Republican Dan Lungren.

In the last three months Bera raised $256,326. According to Bera's campaign, the Elk Grove candidate outraised Lungren for nine consecutive fundraising quarters in a row. Bera also received over 2,300 contributions from individuals, of which over 70 percent were under $100.

“I am humbled by the outpouring of support for my candidacy," Bera said. "The support we have built these past few months proves the voters want someone with real world experience to face our nation’s challenges.”

In 2010, Lungren edged out Bera with only 50.1 percent of the vote in a district that at the time had a 13,400 Republican registration advantage. The new district lines add over 16,000 new Democratic voters and is a district that both President Obama and Governor Jerry Brown won by 5 percent.

Both the Cook Political Report and the Rothenberg Political Report list CA-07 as a pure toss up race. Building on the momentum of an extremely close 2010 contest against Rep. Dan Lungren, it’s anticipated that the rematch will be one of the top races in the 2012 cycle.