Unlike the Republicans who leaned most heavily on big donors, the former secretary of state received significant sums from small donors as well. Outside groups have stockpiled tens of millions of dollars on behalf of establishment candidates such as Bush and Rubio, most of it destined to be spent on television advertising.
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In the Republican and Democratic primaries alike, upstart candidates shunned by their parties’ major donors are now financially competitive with – and, in a few cases, vastly outraising – opponents who have spent months or even years wooing the big-name donors and fundraisers who have traditionally dominated the money race. “Like nothing”, Trump said Wednesday, crediting media coverage for negating the need to spend on paid ads. At the end of the quarter, Clinton and Sanders alone had just $1 million less in the bank than all 15 GOP candidates combined, according to The Washington Post. That’s less than what she raised in the early months of her campaign, but more than any previous non-incumbent Democratic presidential primary contestant in the third quarter of the year before Election Day. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, has parlayed his popularity with liberals into a substantial campaign war chest, raising more than $26 million during the quarter. He continues to show off his fundraising prowess, harvesting about $2 million in new contributions in the hours that followed Tuesday night’s Democratic debate.
“We are doing it the old-fashioned way: 650,000 individual contributions”, Sanders said. “We would appreciate your help”.
Leading the Republican side in fundraising for the third quarter was Ben Carson, with $20.7 million.
‘Other campaigns are bankrolled by big donors who have given so much even under our current corrupt political system they can’t legally give any more, ‘ Sanders Campaign Manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement. She raised $5.2 million from under-$200 donors in the third quarter, or 18 percent of her total.
Limbaugh blames Republicans for focusing on “moderates and independents”. Despite the heavy spending, Clinton headed into the fall campaign with $33 million in available cash reserves for the nomination battle, edging past the $27 million rival Bernie Sanders had in leftover money at the start of October. As other Republican candidates experienced, Mr. Rubio’s cash intake collapsed over the summer.
Republican Jeb Bush raised $13.38 million over the summer months, a dramatic slowdown from the torrid fundraising pace the former Florida governor set when he entered the presidential contest in June. Marco Rubio, reported having close to $11 million in the bank – more than Bush.
Rand Paul. The Kentucky lawmaker is under pressure from fellow conservatives to drop his White House bid and focus on keeping his Senate seat.
Personally, I don’t think it will be today’s GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. “So get over it”.
Another way to determine Washington support for the candidates: How much they’ve raised from federally registered lobbyists who collect contributions for them from their friends, colleagues and clients. Currently, his campaign staff has seen their paychecks reduced (top campaign chiefs saw their pay shaved by $75,000). As evidence of its tight ship, Rubio’s campaign manager Terry Sullivan has said he must personally approve all expenses over $500.
An aide tells NBC News he became the first candidate to get on the ballot in the Northern Mariana Islands and Virgin Islands on Thursday, and the first to join the ballot in Alabama on Friday.
Christie and his aides have played down expectations about their total.
These bars are sorted by third-quarter fundraising totals. Given how big it is already, he said he’s surprised Sanders didn’t raise even more this summer.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also spent more than he raised, and has just $260,949 in the bank. Bush also said he plans to release a list of his top money-raisers on Thursday.
Three months before the first nominating contest, Clinton has built a cash-hungry campaign juggernaut that is more far-flung and more expensive than anything else on the horizon.
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“In each of the debates there is an open dialogue between the RNC, the candidates and the network to share ideas and input that achieves the best outcome”, he said. The Bush campaign fund-raised like insane during the months detailed in its latest report, too; according to the New York Times, he held around 58 fund-raisers. Their super PAC counterparts can wait until January to disclose their newest financial details and donor names. Only 270 donors have given the maximum $2,700 – which means that his campaign is going to be able to keep going back to these donors in the future, a useful thing to have when you’re facing a possibly long primary.
