POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: KOH’S cash — TAX DAY — STATE RACES heat up
KOH’S cash — TAX DAY — STATE RACES heat up 04/17/2018 07:29 AM EDT By Stephanie Murray ; ( stephaniemurray.news@gmail.com ; @StephMurr_Jour) and Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. And happy Tax Day. Did you file yet? Mostly cloudy today with a high of 51. KOH'S CASH - In the race to replace retiring Rep. Niki Tsongas, MA-3 candidate Dan Koh's $2.5 million war chest is almost three times more than his top-raising competitors, Rufus Gifford and Lori Trahan. And, as David Bernstein notes at WGBH , Koh widened that gap by raising more than $900,000 in the first quarter of 2018. Let's put that in perspective. Koh's most recent fundraising numbers aren't just eye-opening in comparison to his competitors for the open 3rd Congressional District seat. He also out-raised the incumbents in the Massachusetts congressional delegation. In fact, his Q1 haul is so ridiculously high - by any standard - tha...