RELEASE: 86% of Boccieri Money From Outside the District

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(CANTON) - Yesterday both candidates in the 16th Congressional District filed their 2nd quarter financial statements with the Federal Elections Commission. The most glaring fact from these reports is the overall percentage of money John Boccieri is raising from people and organizations outside the 16th Congressional District. This report comes on the heals of a Tarrance Group poll that showed Boccieri down 6 points to Schuring in the District.

If you follow the money in Boccieri's report you'll see that 86% of his donations come from people and organizations outside the 16th Congressional District. An astounding number when you consider 81% of Sen. Schuring's donations are from right here in the District.

In other evidence that the Boccieri campaign is being run heavily out of Washington is the fact that 51% of Boccieri's money came from PAC's and other special interest groups, whereas only 14% of Senator Schuring's money came from these groups.

Former Democratic Canton City Councilman Fonda Williams had this to say about where Boccieri's money is coming from "This report is very revealing. Schuring's strong fundraising numbers from within the district confirm that he has the pulse of the people and that his support here is strong. The fact that the vast majority of Boccieri's financial support is coming from outside the area he wants to represent is alarming because it shows that Washington insiders are heavily influencing his candidacy."

Sen. Schuring agreed with Williams saying, "Washington is broken and the same bureaucrats who refuse to take the necessary measures to lower gas prices are also contributing heavily to my opponent's campaign. The people of this district deserve a Congressman who is more than just a rubber stamp for anti-job, anti-growth Washington insiders. We need real solutions to the problems facing our pocketbooks, and having lived here my entire life I'm well equipped to deliver those solutions. We simply can't afford for our next Congressman to be someone so heavily influenced by Washington."