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Obama still holds fund-raising lead w $600M and #Romney $564M thru July
Fundraising 2012 so far estimate
Romney $564MRomney $101M July
Romney $106M June
Romney $117M April/May
Romney $250M pre March
Obama $600MObama $75M July
Obama $71M June
Obama $104M April/May
Obama $350M pre March
Obama campaign emails they have started 2 close the gap infundraising w/ Romney. Today July's numbers showed Romney$101 million Obama $75
Romney sets GOP fund-raising record Oh my, $100M in June! much from new donors - http://POLITICO.com http://politi.co/MZnpsZ
Mitt Romney sets GOP fund-raising record
By MIKE ALLEN | 7/5/12 3:12 PM EDT Updated: 7/5/12 5:57 PM EDT
The Romney campaign, along with its Romney Victory fund and the Republican National Committee, raised more than $100 million in June, obliterating the campaign's goal and setting the one-month record for any Republican campaign, according to a GOP official.
Now-President Barack Obama raised $150 million as he was surging in September 2008, the record month for any campaign.tinue Reading
The Romney campaign outraised Obama in May — taking in $77 million, compared with $60 million for the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee.(Also on POLITICO: Conservative griping about Romney grows)
The Romney campaign says much of the June haul came from new donors, with states from coast to coast out-performing their targets.
New York was a gold mine for Romney, and Colorado, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio all dramatically exceeded expectations.
Ben LaBolt, Obama campaign national press secretary, issued this statement after POLITICO reported the $100-million month: "Mitt Romney is trying to distract from a week when he took contradictory positions on the freeloader penalty in the Affordable Care Act and we learned more about his offshored finances in Switzerland, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands.
"Americans are less concerned about how much money he raised to get himself elected and more interested in what he would do after repealing health reform, which he has refused to share, and why he won’t disclose the necessary tax returns that prove whether or not he paid any U.S. taxes on his shell corporation in Bermuda.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78155.html#ixzz1znETOSOX
Fundraising for April and May #Romney 116.8n and #Obama 103.6m
RT @Norsu2: Romney/RNC raise $76.8 mil in May topping the $60 mil Obama/DNC raised http://goo.gl/d2yl8 Romney may exceed $100M in June
This does not count maybe $200m from special interest groups which is not counted above.... and it looks like in general June will go to Romney as well, maybe about 80m to Obama best guess at 60m. At this rate in general Romney is collecting about 2.5m per day, Obama is collecting about 2m per day, and no sign of that trend changing going into July$750 million raised by the Obama campaign during the 2008 election was about twice as much as the republican candidate. In April Romney brought in $40.1m Obama $43.6m, In May Romney 76.8m and Obama 60m. Thru March Obama had raised more funds that Romney in every month preceding.
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(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Republican groups raised more than $76.8 million in May, his campaign said on Thursday, topping the $60 million President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies hauled in. The campaign and Republican National Committee have $107 million cash on hand, the campaign said.
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WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney raised $4.6 million in the 24 hours following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said via Twitter on Friday that the former Massachusetts governor had raised the money through 47,000 online donations. "Thanks for everyone's support for #FullRepeal!" she tweeted, referring to the candidate's vow to repeal and replace the healthcare law if he is elected president on November 6.
Obama's campaign said they had also raised a lot of money since the Supreme Court issued its ruling, but officials would not give any figures to back up the assertion.
"It's perverse that Mitt Romney won't share details about what he'd do for the millions he'd leave uninsured or at the whims of insurance companies when he 'kills Obamacare dead,' but he'll share the hourly details of his fundraising after the Supreme Court ruling," said Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt.
"We've outraised the Romney campaign in that time period but that's not the point - our supporters are more committed than ever to ensuring that insurance companies can't drop coverage for people who get sick or discriminate against people with preexisting conditions by re-electing the president," LaBolt said.
In May, Romney and Republican groups raised more than $76.8 million for the month from 297,000 donors, an average of about $2.48 million per day and about 9,580 donations per day. So the one-day haul for Romney on Thursday was a bit less than double that amount and the number of donations was about five times the usual number.
The sharp uptick in the number of contributions means Romney is receiving more money in small quantities from regular Americans as opposed to wealthy individuals or organizations donating large sums. This could potentially translate into more votes and repeated donations.
"Research shows small-dollar donors don't give just once in most cases - they give more than once," said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak. "Now Romney's campaign has a direct link with them. This was about expanding to a much broader network of people who now can become intense, active supporters."
Most Americans oppose the new healthcare law even though they strongly support much of what it does, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday. Democrats acknowledge that they have done a poor job of selling the Affordable Care Act and they suffered steep losses in the 2010 congressional elections that followed the law's passage.
While the court decision avoids an embarrassment for Obama in an election year, it could energize conservative voters who were slow to warm to Romney during a months-long battle for the Republican party nomination.
