Scott DesJarlais opponent Jim Tracy leads funding race

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By Chris Carroll April 17, 2013 4 min read

Sen. Jim Tracy

1ST QUARTER FUNDRAISINGFourth Congressional District fundraising totals between Jan. 1 and March 31.Name – Raised – Spent – What’s left• Carr – $205,479 – 13,837.71 – 192,641.29• DesJarlais – $104,475.25 – $26,385 – $87,426*• Tracy – $436,485 – 32,483.26 – 404,001.74• DesJarlais had $9,336 to start quarter.Source: Federal Election Commission

Scott DesJarlais

WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., once spearheaded a bill to curb abortions in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Buck McKeon, R-Calif., says he votes “to help protect the sanctity of life.”

U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., supports a federal abortion funding ban. And U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, boasts about belonging to “the Ohio Right to Life Pro-Life Hall of Fame.”

Despite their anti-abortion bona fides, the same congressional quartet gave a combined $3,750 to U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., between Jan. 1 and March 31.

They defied two Republican challengers who say the incumbent’s documented history of encouraging women to terminate pregnancies taints him too much for public office.