Mary Headrick, from left, Chuck FleischmannIN COMING DAYSA look at fundraising in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District, where Democratic state Sen. Eric Stewart is challenging Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais.
It’s a lopsided money race in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann holds an 8-to-1 fundraising lead over his Democratic challenger, Dr. Mary Headrick.
“Publish that number — let Chuck Fleischmann put his guard down,” Headrick said in a phone interview Wednesday. “Let him think I’m not going to do any TV ads or any big things. Let him relax and think he’s got it won.”
A conservative freshman congressman who fended off a popular dairy executive and a political scion in August’s Republican primary, Fleischmann reported $106,075 in general election contributions through July 13. Very little of that has been spent.
Meanwhile, Headrick said she has about $13,000 in the bank with two months before the Nov. 6 election.