Matt Derr

Jim Ogsbury raised $49,783 during the second quarter of the year, outpacing his previous quarterly fundraising effort by about $9,000, according to his campaign. He has raised close to $500,000 to date in his 5th Congressional District primary campaign for the Republican nomination.

However, Ogsbury's cash on hand total is below what he reported at the beginning of the second quarter. As of now, his campaign has $323,442 - $30,000 less than he had on April 1.

Despite trailing David Schweikert, who leads the six-person 5th District Republican pack by a large margin, the Ogsbury campaign is undeterred.

5th Congressional District candidate Jim Ogsbury is the first in his field to go up with a TV ad, his campaign has announced.

The 30 second ad, called "Action," has Ogsbury touting how he "helped to cut government spending" as an aide to the U.S. House Appropriations Committee in the 1990s, and speaking of how he plans to "secure the border"

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Jim Ogsbury for Congress campaign announced to PolitickerAZ it has retained Matt Derr to managed Ogsbury’s congressional campaign in CD5. 

Derr, who currently serves as Chief of Staff to Corporations Commissioner Kris Mayes was also a former District representative for former Congressman JD Hayworth.   Kerr served on Hayworth’s campaign team during the 2002 election cycle and has an intimate knowledge of CD5.