Posted on 07/01/2019 8:49:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg hauled in a whopping $24.8 million in fundraising from nearly 300,000 donors the past three months, his campaign announced on Monday.
That’s a massive figure for a White House hopeful who was largely unknown just four months ago. And it’s more confirmation – along with polls – that South Bend, Indiana mayor has gone from a long-shot to top-tier contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
“This fundraising report shows that Pete’s message is resonating with Americans, and it’s proof that we are building an organization that can compete,” Buttigieg campaign manager Mike Schmuhl wrote in an email to supporters early Monday morning.
Buttigieg was the first candidate to announce campaign cash figures for the second quarter of fundraising in 2019, which came to a close hours earlier, at the end of June.
The campaign received contributions during the second quarter from 294,000 donors, and had $22.6 million cash on hand as of Sunday night, according to national press secretary Chris Meagher.
He added that the campaign had more than 230,000 new donors during the quarter, bringing the total number of contributors to more than 400,000. And touting their small-dollar grassroots fundraising, Meagher highlighted that the average contribution for the second quarter was $47.42 and that donations came in from all 50 states and seven territories.
The topline figure of $24.8 million is more than three times the $7 million Buttigieg hauled in during the first three months of year. And while the 37-year-old mayor’s grassroots appeal is evident in his small-dollar donations, the candidate also aggressively courted top-dollar donors the past two months, holding fundraising events in recent weeks in New York City, Washington, San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Boston.
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the D party machine has about two dozen absolutely horrible ‘candidates’.... fake Injun Squaw, ineligible Harris, The Groper, and a bunch of collected idjits
none anything near to being a viable candidate
i wonder if its all a big setup to stack up HilLIARy to run (or crawl) again?
More screeching from the current losers will be heard in '24.
Just goes to prove the fags have a lot of money.
It took him 90 days to match Trump’s one-day haul after Orlando. I think it is because he’s well-spoken.
What did Trump raise?
RE: What did Trump raise?
$25 Million in ONE DAY after his rally telling supporters he’s running for a second term.
I’ve found that, without fail, fags are really good liars..
The Democrats have one job, and one job only.
Reign in Capitalism.
George Washington and his powerful friends gave up everything to get away from the left.
He Won.
We must keep it.
why post that picture?
Did most of this come in before his recent performance in his current elected position was widely panned?
LOL!
Three-quarters of them are playing for a future gig, a practice run for ‘24 and beyond, or a book deal. One or two might be doing it as a “if lightning strikes/lottery win” scenario.
Now you know why he is “running” for president. $25M is the reason, plus name recognition so he can get reelected as mayor. Win-win for him. A bunch of people get to fantasize about a gay president, and he rakes in the money and bolsters his career as mayor.
george soros money
I don’t think he’s running for re-election as mayor.
Am I the only one who wants to tell people to quit sending money to these clowns? These donations fuel the crappy commercials (that are muted), the moronic mailers (that are trashed or recycled), the plane travel to venues that no sane people want to attend, the pop-up ads that everyone ignores. Throttle the cash people you are only adding annoyance to everyone’s life.
It sounds like he didn’t collect that all in the second quarter. He collected 7 million in the first quarter and now has a total of 24.8 million in contributions.
This is worded very Clintonesque.
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