He gets to keep all the money he’s raised , right ?
“He gets to keep all the money he’s raised , right ?”
Yes and No. He can’t convert any funds raised for his campaign to his personal use; he can, however, use those funds to support other candidates for any office who might be useful to his future aspirations.
I don’t know how the Democrat Party works, but when I ran for office, I was required to send any residual donations to the Republican Party. It seemed like the right thing to do to me and I was happy to comply.
However, I wouldn’t count on the Democrat party to have such an ethical policy regarding campaign donations. They see the public as their personal piggy bank.