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$15 million
Amount “two low-profile Texas brothers” have donated to support Sen. Ted Cruz, “a record-setting contribution that amounts to the largest known donation so far in the 2016 presidential campaign,” CNN reports.
$86 million
Amount big-money groups have raised to support a handful of second- and third-tier candidates, Politico reports. “Concerns are mounting among top donors and party elites that an influx of huge checks into the GOP primary will hurt the party’s chances of retaking the White House. Long-shot candidates propped up by super PACs and other big-money groups will be able to linger for months throwing damaging barbs at establishment favorites who offer a better chance of victory, the thinking goes.”
$65 million
Amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised through October, with $25 million in the bank for the 2014 cycle. By contrast, the National Republican Congressional Committee raised $52 million during that same period and had $18 million in the bank.
