Bush, Carson lead GOP presidential fundraising, Jeb Bush aloft $13.4 actor over the summer for his Republican presidential bid — added than about any added primary competitor, but far beneath than political newcomer Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon who calm about $20 actor during the aforementioned time period.
Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the two arch Democrats in the 2016 race, anniversary aloft added than any of the Republicans who accept said what donors gave them amid July 1 and Sept. 30.
Among those who accept yet to allotment their fundraising advice is GOP beloved Donald Trump, the affluent real-estate dealmaker whose balmy forays into fundraising awning affairs his brand "Make America Great Again" hats. "I anticipation I'd accept spent about $20, $25 actor dollars up until this point. You apperceive what I've spent? Like nothing," Trump said Wednesday, crediting media advantage for adverse the charge to absorb on paid ads.
With fundraising letters due to federal regulators by midnight Thursday, here's a attending at what we apperceive so far about the accompaniment of presidential attack accounts in the third quarter, and what we apprehend to apprentice if the candidates' official letters are filed with the Federal Acclamation Commission.
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CLINTON, SANDERS RAISE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT — IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Clinton's attack said it aloft $28 actor in the three months catastrophe Sept. 30. That's beneath than what she aloft in the aboriginal months of her campaign, but added than any antecedent non-incumbent Democratic presidential primary adversary in the third division of the year afore Acclamation Day.
Most of the money came in through dozens of acceptable fundraising events, area the amount of access was generally the acknowledged best donation of $2,700.
Sanders brought in about $26 million, but did so abundantly through baby contributions calm online. He continues to actualization off his fundraising prowess, agriculture about $2 actor in new contributions in the hours that followed Tuesday night's Democratic debate.
"We are accomplishing it the ancient way: 650,000 alone contributions," Sanders said in his closing account of that appearance, adding: "We are averaging 30 bucks apiece. We would acknowledge your help."
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CARSON THE EARLY LEADER IN GOP CONTEST
Lots of Republican voters beatific a bulletin this summer in alternative acclamation that they wish an alien as their nominee. That's reflected in how they're giving to the candidates, too.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson appears acceptable to column the best booty of the dozen-plus candidates in the GOP field, with about $20 million. But his attack aswell spent heavily, afire through $14 actor over the aforementioned time period.
Carson spent a lot of of that money adopting money, according to abstracts the attack provided to The Associated Press. Still, Carson had about $11 actor in accessible banknote as of Sept. 30.
One of Carson's abutting fundraising competitors is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose attack aloft $12.2 actor in the third division and concluded the ages with $13.5 actor in the bank. Although he has been a agent back 2012, he aswell is active as an outsider, with a focus on the abounding times he has torn with Senate Republican administration over issues such as shutting down the government to defund accomplishing of the Affordable Care Act.
Former technology controlling Carly Fiorina, who has never captivated adopted office, aloft $6.8 actor for her attack — four times as abundant as she calm at the alpha of her campaign. Her addition came afterwards able agitation performances that aswell led to a acceleration in some civic alternative polls.
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LOWER FIGURES FOR OTHERS IN GOP
Others in the Republican chase begin the summer months a boxy advance for fundraising. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul aloft $2.5 actor and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio about $6 million. Paul afresh adherent time to a abstracted bid to accumulate his Senate seat, arch some to catechism if he's still in the White House race.
"I wouldn't be accomplishing this dumb-ass livestreaming if I weren't," Paul said in a contempo Internet video. "So, yes, I still am active for president. So get over it."
In a announcement to supporters on Thursday, the Paul attack connected to accommodate affirmation that it is "here to stay." The applicant aloft about $1 actor in the 12 canicule afterwards the September debate, the announcement says.
Rubio's attack argues that it can accomplish its money go the ambit because of its acute frugality. The attack told top donors that it began October with $11 actor socked away. As affirmation of its bound ship, Rubio's attack administrator Terry Sullivan has said he accept to alone accept all costs over $500.
But Rubio is aswell accepting a addition from a nonprofit accumulation that doesn't acknowledge its donors. While the attack hasn't purchased any television commercials, the accumulation Conservative Solutions Project has already spent millions of dollars on ads.
Weighing on these lower-raising candidates are the fates of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and above Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Both alone out of the 2016 Republican nominating challenge for abridgement of funds.
Federal letters filed Thursday actualization Perry aloft beneath than $300,000 amid July 1 and Sept. 11, if he concluded his campaign. It had about $45,000 larboard in the coffer at the end of endure month, FEC abstracts show. And Walker, admitting accepting aloft $7.4 actor in the summer months, bound austere through the money and alone out 10 canicule afterwards Perry. He bankrupt September with beneath than $1 actor in accessible banknote — not abundant to awning the about 100 advisers on his payroll.
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HOTLY ANTICIPATED REPORTS
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich both entered the Republican entered the chase after than the added candidates, acceptation Thursday provides the aboriginal attending at their fundraising.
Ahead of Thursday's filing, Christie's backer said the attack had aloft $4.2 actor in contempo months and had $1.4 actor banknote on duke at the end of September. Although the booty puts him in the lower bank of Republican fundraisers, Christie played down the accent of money. "We're accomplishing fine," Christie afresh said during a beat through New Hampshire. "I'm appreciative of what we did in the third division fundraising, which is consistently a absolutely difficult division accustomed the summer and aggregate else."
Kasich's attack had not appear fundraising data by Thursday afternoon.
Ahead of his fundraising filing, Bush's attack administrator Danny Diaz said the above Florida governor had calm $13.4 actor in the latest fundraising quarter, and had about $10.3 actor in accessible banknote as of Sept. 30. Bush aswell said he affairs to absolution a account of his top money-raisers on Thursday.
Such acknowledgment isn't appropriate by law, but abounding candidates, including Clinton, accept done so in the name of transparency. Bush hasn't yet said absolutely what advice he'll be sharing.
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WHAT WE WON'T LEARN: THE BIGGEST DONORS
Only the official campaigns face a Thursday fundraising advertisement deadline. Their cool PAC counterparts can delay until January to acknowledge their newest banking data and donor names.
While contributors can accord a best of $2,700 per acclamation to campaigns, they face no such restrictions with cool PACs. Those groups accept to be accurately abstracted from the campaigns, but are generally ample with a candidate's a lot of trusted aides.
As of June 30, cool PACs and added alfresco groups tailored to presidential candidates had aloft added than three times as abundant as the candidates themselves.
Meanwhile, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the two arch Democrats in the 2016 race, anniversary aloft added than any of the Republicans who accept said what donors gave them amid July 1 and Sept. 30.
Among those who accept yet to allotment their fundraising advice is GOP beloved Donald Trump, the affluent real-estate dealmaker whose balmy forays into fundraising awning affairs his brand "Make America Great Again" hats. "I anticipation I'd accept spent about $20, $25 actor dollars up until this point. You apperceive what I've spent? Like nothing," Trump said Wednesday, crediting media advantage for adverse the charge to absorb on paid ads.
With fundraising letters due to federal regulators by midnight Thursday, here's a attending at what we apperceive so far about the accompaniment of presidential attack accounts in the third quarter, and what we apprehend to apprentice if the candidates' official letters are filed with the Federal Acclamation Commission.
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CLINTON, SANDERS RAISE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT — IN DIFFERENT WAYS
Clinton's attack said it aloft $28 actor in the three months catastrophe Sept. 30. That's beneath than what she aloft in the aboriginal months of her campaign, but added than any antecedent non-incumbent Democratic presidential primary adversary in the third division of the year afore Acclamation Day.
Most of the money came in through dozens of acceptable fundraising events, area the amount of access was generally the acknowledged best donation of $2,700.
Sanders brought in about $26 million, but did so abundantly through baby contributions calm online. He continues to actualization off his fundraising prowess, agriculture about $2 actor in new contributions in the hours that followed Tuesday night's Democratic debate.
"We are accomplishing it the ancient way: 650,000 alone contributions," Sanders said in his closing account of that appearance, adding: "We are averaging 30 bucks apiece. We would acknowledge your help."
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CARSON THE EARLY LEADER IN GOP CONTEST
Lots of Republican voters beatific a bulletin this summer in alternative acclamation that they wish an alien as their nominee. That's reflected in how they're giving to the candidates, too.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson appears acceptable to column the best booty of the dozen-plus candidates in the GOP field, with about $20 million. But his attack aswell spent heavily, afire through $14 actor over the aforementioned time period.
Carson spent a lot of of that money adopting money, according to abstracts the attack provided to The Associated Press. Still, Carson had about $11 actor in accessible banknote as of Sept. 30.
One of Carson's abutting fundraising competitors is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose attack aloft $12.2 actor in the third division and concluded the ages with $13.5 actor in the bank. Although he has been a agent back 2012, he aswell is active as an outsider, with a focus on the abounding times he has torn with Senate Republican administration over issues such as shutting down the government to defund accomplishing of the Affordable Care Act.
Former technology controlling Carly Fiorina, who has never captivated adopted office, aloft $6.8 actor for her attack — four times as abundant as she calm at the alpha of her campaign. Her addition came afterwards able agitation performances that aswell led to a acceleration in some civic alternative polls.
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LOWER FIGURES FOR OTHERS IN GOP
Others in the Republican chase begin the summer months a boxy advance for fundraising. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul aloft $2.5 actor and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio about $6 million. Paul afresh adherent time to a abstracted bid to accumulate his Senate seat, arch some to catechism if he's still in the White House race.
"I wouldn't be accomplishing this dumb-ass livestreaming if I weren't," Paul said in a contempo Internet video. "So, yes, I still am active for president. So get over it."
In a announcement to supporters on Thursday, the Paul attack connected to accommodate affirmation that it is "here to stay." The applicant aloft about $1 actor in the 12 canicule afterwards the September debate, the announcement says.
Rubio's attack argues that it can accomplish its money go the ambit because of its acute frugality. The attack told top donors that it began October with $11 actor socked away. As affirmation of its bound ship, Rubio's attack administrator Terry Sullivan has said he accept to alone accept all costs over $500.
But Rubio is aswell accepting a addition from a nonprofit accumulation that doesn't acknowledge its donors. While the attack hasn't purchased any television commercials, the accumulation Conservative Solutions Project has already spent millions of dollars on ads.
Weighing on these lower-raising candidates are the fates of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and above Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Both alone out of the 2016 Republican nominating challenge for abridgement of funds.
Federal letters filed Thursday actualization Perry aloft beneath than $300,000 amid July 1 and Sept. 11, if he concluded his campaign. It had about $45,000 larboard in the coffer at the end of endure month, FEC abstracts show. And Walker, admitting accepting aloft $7.4 actor in the summer months, bound austere through the money and alone out 10 canicule afterwards Perry. He bankrupt September with beneath than $1 actor in accessible banknote — not abundant to awning the about 100 advisers on his payroll.
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HOTLY ANTICIPATED REPORTS
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich both entered the Republican entered the chase after than the added candidates, acceptation Thursday provides the aboriginal attending at their fundraising.
Ahead of Thursday's filing, Christie's backer said the attack had aloft $4.2 actor in contempo months and had $1.4 actor banknote on duke at the end of September. Although the booty puts him in the lower bank of Republican fundraisers, Christie played down the accent of money. "We're accomplishing fine," Christie afresh said during a beat through New Hampshire. "I'm appreciative of what we did in the third division fundraising, which is consistently a absolutely difficult division accustomed the summer and aggregate else."
Kasich's attack had not appear fundraising data by Thursday afternoon.
Ahead of his fundraising filing, Bush's attack administrator Danny Diaz said the above Florida governor had calm $13.4 actor in the latest fundraising quarter, and had about $10.3 actor in accessible banknote as of Sept. 30. Bush aswell said he affairs to absolution a account of his top money-raisers on Thursday.
Such acknowledgment isn't appropriate by law, but abounding candidates, including Clinton, accept done so in the name of transparency. Bush hasn't yet said absolutely what advice he'll be sharing.
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WHAT WE WON'T LEARN: THE BIGGEST DONORS
Only the official campaigns face a Thursday fundraising advertisement deadline. Their cool PAC counterparts can delay until January to acknowledge their newest banking data and donor names.
While contributors can accord a best of $2,700 per acclamation to campaigns, they face no such restrictions with cool PACs. Those groups accept to be accurately abstracted from the campaigns, but are generally ample with a candidate's a lot of trusted aides.
As of June 30, cool PACs and added alfresco groups tailored to presidential candidates had aloft added than three times as abundant as the candidates themselves.
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