Beto O'Rourke raised less in the entire second quarter than he did in the 24 hours after he launched his presidential campaign
And his relatively weak fundraising reflects the challenge he will face regaining a foothold in the race.
O’Rourke’s campaign said his more than $3.6 million in second-quarter donations came from 199,899 contributions, with an average donation of $30. Fully 99 percent of his fundraising came online, his campaign said. Nearly half of his contributors in the quarter — 48 percent — were new donors to O’Rourke’s presidential campaign, and 98 percent of his donations were below $200.Sign Up
Still, the quarterly fundraising total — a significant measure of a campaign’s viability — was deflating for even many of O’Rourke’s allies, who had privately raised alarms in recent days about O’Rourke raising much less than expected. O’Rourke’s advisers and allies have maintained that he has time to improve his standing in the primary. He has continued with his furious schedule of town hall meetings and events, and he has recently hired a raft of well-respected operatives at his El Paso headquarters and in Iowa, the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
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