FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2006

MELANCON RAISES OVER $1 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2005
Poll shows him over crucial 50% re-election threshhold Meaux-mentum is strong again

NAPOLEONVILLE, LA – Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-Napoleonville) raised a total $1,021,958.00 in 2005. Melancon raised more than $191,000 in the final quarter for his Congressional re-election, which gives him over $880,000 in the bank with ten months before the 2006 midterm elections.

Polling has shown Melancon to have already crossed the crucial 50% re-election threshhold. The same polling showed him beating his likely opponent by 27% percentage points in a head to head matchup (memo available upon request).

"Since the storms hit the Congressman hasn't had much time at all to focus on raising money. If it wasn't for his friends and colleagues who believe His friends and colleagues who raised this money gave him the ability to focus on his helping his district after Katrina and Rita."

Melancon has maintained a crushing 2:1 Cash on Hand advantage over his likely opponent and is leading him in polling even in the Senator Romero's own state senate district. Romero's fundraising has cooled considerably, raising $200,000 in his first ten days, he has raised less every quarter since.

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