Bill Taylor, left, Democratic candidate for Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, talks with Cynthia Coleman before his speech at the Greater Chattanooga Democratic Women’s Club on Tuesday at the IBEW #75 hall on
Volunteer Drive.Can a Democrat running for U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleisch-mann’s seat raise $250,000 in two weeks?
Chattanooga businessman Bill Taylor gave it a whirl Friday, sending nearly 400 people a letter focused on big money.
“Politics is expensive and fundraising success is a measure of the seriousness of a campaign,” Taylor wrote. “My goal is to raise $250,000 in January with this letter to my friends and business associates. I need your help to meet this goal quickly and run a serious race.”
A political newcomer, Taylor struck an educational tone in the letter, obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free Press, noting that the federal limit for individual contributions is $2,500 per election and that “spouses are counted separately.”
A health care administrator at Physician Practice Resources, Taylor did not delve deeply into policy positions or criticism of Fleischmann in the letter, instead presenting himself as a centrist against “the inaction and partisan politics” of the current Congress.