Hageman’s Senate campaign fund is 8 times larger than Mead’s

U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman listed $2 million in campaign committee receipts for her U.S. Senate race, eight times more than Sam Mead, her closest fundraising opponent in the Aug. 18 Republican Primary, new figures show. It’s inflation, stupidThe filings come as a survey commissioned by the group Keep it Public Wyoming shows that inflation/cost of living is the top issue in the GOP primary. Lauren HeerschapBrunton, a Riverton company that manufactures navigational tools like compasses, is a leader of the Keep It Public Wyoming campaign, company owner Lauren Heerschap said. Twenty-seven percent of Hageman’s campaign committee’s funds came “directly from PACs” Mead said of his analysis of fundraising data. Wyoming accounted for less than 5% of the money donated to Hageman’s principal campaign committee, Mead said in a statement.