The total is a fraction of what he has pulled in overall to support his White House ambitions.
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Maine Jeb Bush and his allies announced that they had amassed more than $US114 million ($153 million) in campaign cash over the past six months, dwarfing the combined fundraising of his Republican rivals for the party’s presidential nomination.
Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, which advocates for stricter campaign finance regulations, said he sees serious red flags.
Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush on Thursday announced a stunning $11.4 million first-quarter fund-raising haul. Before Bush could make his clarification, opponents seized the opportunity to take a shot at him.
Right to Rise is not subject to the limits placed on donors to Bush’s campaign.
The strategy is untested in modern politics, the outgrowth of court decisions in 2010 that led to the creation of what is called the super political action committee. You can take it out of context all you want, but high sustained growth means that people work 40 hours rather than 30 hours and by our success they have money and disposable income for their families to decide how they want to spend it rather than getting in line and being dependent upon government. Meanwhile, the super PAC can raise unlimited dollars, though it cannot coordinate activities with Bush’s campaign. Right to Rise and other super PACs will file their official fundraising reports on July 31 with the Federal Election Commission. The group has also inquired with broadcast and cable stations in the early primary states about booking TV ad time.
Yet it is the Los Angeles-based super PAC that will likely play the heavy in the Bush political shop. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who officially entered the race May 3, said he has $10.5 million. Clinton’s campaign haul in that time totaled $45 million.
Brackett did not buy Bush’s clarification, saying that the “surge” in part-time workers in recent years was caused by “his brother’s recession”, a reference to ex- President George W. Bush.
“We are grateful for the overwhelming response from the thousands of donors who have been drawn to Jeb’s optimistic message of conservative renewal and reform”, said Charlie Spies, the election lawyer who is advising Bush and helped Mitt Romney raise more than $150 million for Romney’s super PAC in 2012.
Bush told donors that he’d raised record-breaking amounts of early money. It is the quintessential 47% comment of this campaign so far.
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Bush Library(DALLAS) – Former presidents Bush and Bill Clinton shared a stage in Dallas at the Bush Presidential Library Thursday night. Combining the totals from the campaigns and outside groups supporting the candidates, the Bush corner has raised about $114 million, compared with just less than $70 million for Clinton.
