Hillary Clinton – in New Hampshire today after a key Latino endorsement – is sitting on 77 million dollars… far more than any other candidate has raised. The leading establishment candidates in either party – Jeb Bush, Clinton and Rubio – have been getting most of their campaign money from bigger donors.
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The other candidates who have raised more than $10 million so far in this presidential cycle found the greatest support at familiar stops on the political fundraising circuit. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sen.
A few candidates, including Sanders, Carson and celebrity Donald Trump, are drawing most of their funding from small donations.
The 23 presidential candidates who were running for the Republican or Democratic party nomination combined to raise $144 million from July through September.
Clinton led all her rivals in third quarter fundraising with $29.9 million raised for her presidential bid. Trump’s campaign only had about $300,000 on hand at the end of September, but Trump the billionaire can write a check whenever Trump the politician needs money. “I have a very clear mission in this campaign, which is to let the American people know what I would do as president to work hard to earn their votes, first in the primaries and caucuses and obviously in the general election if I am the nominee”, Clinton said. “They want more clarity before they really start giving”. Asked during the debate which enemy made during her political career she was most proud of, Clinton said: “Well, in addition to the NRA, the health insurance caompnies, the drug companies, the Iranians – probably the Republicans”. Bush led in Florida and Nevada, while Clinton raised the most from Virginia and Colorado.
Meanwhile, as Vice President Joe Biden appears near a decision on whether he will run for president, Clinton did not take any warning shots toward him, even as a few of her supporters have suggested that it is past time for Biden to make up his mind.
The data show hometown fundraising advantages held for numerous candidates: Clinton led in New York, where she was elected senator, and Arkansas, where her husband was governor.
Contrast that with the numbers for candidates Christie and Gov. John Kasich (R). Lindsey Graham, Kentucky Sen.
The candidates with the smallest share of their funds coming from D.C. are also considered outsiders in the 2016 race: Donald Trump (0.3 percent) and Ben Carson (0.8 percent). Sen.
Cruz has been an easy sell to Texas donors, said his friend and finance committee member Stephen Cox.
Chalk up another impressive win to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson.
“Texans by nature love somebody who does what he says and fights for them”, said Cox, who lives near Cruz’s campaign headquarters in Houston.
With the candidates’ third-quarter fundraising reports now in, the big news seems to be the surprisingly large hauls of two upstart candidates. Californians came through with $5.5 million, or 18 percent of her third-quarter total.
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The Libertarian also spent $4.5 million, almost twice as much as he brought in.
