Posted on 10/02/2015 10:34:17 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's campaign for president will announce in the coming days that it raised approximately $2.5 million in the third quarter and has $2 million cash on hand, Communications Director Sergio Gor said Thursday.
That haul is just a fraction of the $20 million the campaign of retired brain surgeon Ben Carson says it is on track to post for the third quarter -- half of that money coming in in September alone.
Paul's third quarter total is well under the $7 million the libertarian firebrand raised in the second quarter. Part of that money was transferred from his Senate committee, a practice allowed under campaign finance laws, Gor said.
Paul was one of the first candidates to announce his bid, but has been polling in the low single digits in the race for the Republican nomination, but he has no plans to follow in the footsteps of low-polling Govs. Rick Perry of Texas and Scott Walker of Wisconsin and pull out of the race.
"Rand Paul's campaign is on an upswing, despite what a lot of reporters have written out there,"(continued)
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I think my 9 year old son, raised more than that for his sponsored school run.
Jeb isn’t even releasing how poorly he did in 3rd Quarter.
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Perry and Walker were not going to drop out either, just days before they actually did.
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This cycle is sort of resembling 2012 that had several different front-runners for short periods.
The difference, so far, is that Trump zoomed to the front and is still there. Now, coming in 2nd, even 10 point or more behind Trump, is considered a victory.
Bush, Walker, Kasich, Rubio, Carson, Fiorina have all held the #2 spot for a while, depending on the poll.
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