Contributions to Rep. Kuster’s campaign should be questioned

To the Editor:

I’ve recently been reviewing Rep. Annie Kuster’s campaign donations in the 2017-2018 season and have found them interesting. Not good, but interesting.

Based on recent postings in the Federal Election Committee’s website, it looks like Annie has been raising money for this election since at least Jan. 1, 2017. One wonders how she had time to do her job as a representative of the people of New Hampshire in the U.S. Congress.

But the origins of these donations are what are the most curious. In 2017-2018, she received a total of $3,212,463 (as of Oct. 17). Broken down by state, she received individual itemized contributions amounting to $849,294 from outside of New Hampshire, significantly more than the New Hampshire donations of $681,378.

These out-of-state donations came from 37 states and the District of Columbia, including from states as far as Alaska and New Mexico. Remember, this money didn’t come to the people of New Hampshire. It came only to Annie Kuster to enable her to keep her job.

Why do so many people from outside our state want her to represent us? Or do they just want another rubber stamp for a left-wing agenda? In addition, she also collected $1,380,322 from “unitemized” contributions, Party committee, and “Other” committee contributions during the 2017-2018 season.

This follows a trend she continued from the 2015-2016 season when she collected $878,868 from outside New Hampshire, from 41 states and the District of Columbia, including Hawaii.

Finally, she still has $1,505,550 Cash on Hand. It looks like the people of New Hampshire paid to fill her bank account and “others” paid for her campaign.

If you think Annie Kuster is representing the people of New Hampshire, think again. I suggest voting for Steve Negron.

I am not a representative of any political party.

John R. Lohman

Grantham