Candidate Lesli Gooch Racks Up $113,000 Debt in 2 Months

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - April 16, 2014 - PRLog -- Lesli Gooch, a volunteer community representative in Alexandria, Virginia running for Congress in California, has quickly racked up $113,000 in campaign debt, according to a Wall Street Journal article printed today.

"Lesli Gooch, a former aide to Mr. Miller, raised $100,000 in the first quarter but has racked up $113,000 of debt, leaving her with $69,000 in the bank," the Journal wrote.

Gooch announced her candidacy in mid-February. Her debt figures come from her most recent Federal Election Commission filings, which were due March 31 (less than two months after her announcement).

After announcing her candidacy, Gooch was quickly admired and promoted by prominent national blogs, such as Politico blogger Jose DelReal, for her electability and fundraising prowess. In February, DelReal wrote a favorable article about Gooch, in which he praised her for quickly raising $100,000 and called her a "a potentially formidable contender."

"She's been in Washington too long," said Juanita Vang, head of CA-31 Clean Slate. "Washington lobbyists and politicians spend more taxpayer money than the IRS takes in. Clearly, she's applying those lessons to her own campaign operation. If she can't manager her own finances, how can she manage our tax dollars in Washington?"

"As a taxpayer, all I can say to Lesli is: please don't ever touch my hard-earned tax dollars," Vang said.

CA-31 Clean Slate plans to release its first positive video ad promoting the election of Danny Tillman within the next week.

Sources:

WSJ article: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/16/rep-honda-gets-a...

Politico article: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/california-republic...