Tag: Fundraising

Bush’s Right to Rise Super PAC Likely to Miss Donation Goal

Buck Banks

$100,000,000

Amount the super PAC backing former Florida governor Jeb Bush is likely to NOT collect by the end of June, despite widespread expectations that the group would hit that record-breaking sum, the Washington Post reports. “The exact size of the war chest is closely held, but two individuals familiar with internal discussions believe the total that the Right to Rise super PAC will report in mid-July could be substantially lower than the nine figures that senior Republicans have anticipated.”

Clinton Super PAC Struggling to Raise Money

Buck Banks

$15 million

Amount the super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid expects to collect through the end of June, the Wall Street Journal reports. “The group, Priorities USA Action, is shaking up its senior staff in hopes of jump-starting a fundraising operation that, five weeks after Mrs. Clinton entered the presidential race, has garnered only about $5 million in ‘hard commitments’ … Even if it meets its $15 million short-term expectation, the pro-Clinton group will raise far less than PACs backing some potential Republican rivals.”

Walker Has Strong Ties to Big Republican Donors

Buck Banks

Of the nation’s top 250 Republican donors have given money to Scott Walker in his campaigns for Wisconsin governor, according to an Upshot analysis of Federal Election Commission records and state records. By comparison, 30 percent have given to Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, 20 percent to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and 10 percent to Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.

Clinton Foundation Becomes an Issue

Buck Banks

As Mrs. Clinton prepares to embark on a race for the presidency, she has a web of connections to big corporations unique in American politics—ties forged both as secretary of state and by her family’s charitable interests. Those relationships are emerging as an issue for Mrs. Clinton’s expected presidential campaign as income disparity and other populist themes gain early attention.

— Wall Street Journal

Women Politicians Busting Campaign Findraising Myths

Buck Banks

One of the most persistent myths in politics — that women shy away from campaigns because they don’t ‘have the stomach’ for fundraising — is taking a beating this election cycle as women have emerged as top money makers, both for their own campaigns and on behalf of other candidates and national campaign committees.

— Patricia Murphy, writing in the Daily Beast.

Liz Cheney Raised Less, Spent More Than She Told Reporters

Buck Banks

-$183,000

Amount of the deficit in ex-Wyoming Senate candidate Liz Cheney’s campaign account at the end of 2013, despite telling reporters that she raised $1 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Cheney raised just under $720,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013, but her campaign spent more than $900,000, FEC reports show. “The daughter of former President Dick Cheney dropped out of the race just days after the end of the fundraising period,” reports the National Journal.