The first official numbers we get from the Q2 fundraising race is from the man who doesn’t have to (and will not) file an FEC report: Jon Huntsman. He has reportedly raised $4.1 million (and remember, this all comes in the last week or so of the quarter after his announcement).
The twist: this total includes some of Huntsman’s own money — despite promising earlier in the quarter that he would not self-fund.
A Huntsman aide did say that “less than half” of the total was Huntsman’s own money — so Huntsman probably actually raised somewhere between $2 and $3 million.
Until someone else releases their numbers, this puts him at the top of the Q2 fundraising leaderboard:
| 2011 Q2 Fundraising Leaderboard | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Candidate | Raised For Primaries | Other Revenue |
| 1 | Huntsman | $2.1 million | $2 million |
| Bachmann | |||
| Cain | |||
| Gingrich | |||
| Johnson | |||
| Paul | |||
| Pawlenty | |||
| Romney | |||
| Santorum | |||
UPDATE: CNN reports that just under $2 million of this is Huntsmans’ own money, meaning that Huntsman actually raised just $2.1 million. He only had 10 days to do it in, but this is still not quite the impressive entrance to the race he had been hoping for (especially considering his first fundraiser on the night of his announcement pulled in more than $1.2 million alone).
June 30th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Well as they discussed on Foxnews today, money does not mean a guarantee of the nomination. If it did, we would have had Hillary and Giuliani on the general election ballot. But they both showed that while they had the early money, their message did not win out in the long run.
Message matters over money.
June 30th, 2011 at 11:27 pm
This is possibly the most useless chart ever (but it looks pretty Matt). If he had announced $1, he would still be “in the lead”. Also, because he doesnt have to file, there is no way of verifying those claims.
June 30th, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Thanks, asparagus.
The idea, of course, is that when more candidates release their numbers the leaderboard will fill in and mean something.
But you are absolutely correct as to your last sentence. No way to know how much is self-funded or how accurate the total is.
June 30th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
I know this looks bad, but I categorically deny helping Obama raise money today.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/124823709.html?page=2&c=y
“Catered by restaurateur Stephen Starr, the meal included sirloin aged 30 days, pommes frites, and asparagus served family-style at linen-draped tables for 10 atop a gold-carpeted riser.”
June 30th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-06/mormon-leaders-told-stay-out-politics
interesting article that states basically that full time LDS church officials are told not to endorse, contribute, or get involved in the campaign. However, local leaders are allowed to support and donate to whomever they want with the understanding that they are acting for themselves and not the church.
By the way, I remain hopeful that Romney is playing coy and has raised 40 million dollars even though he gave us all a huge head fake. We’ll see… But not until after the 4th I think.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:14 am
asparagus,
Sell out.
How much did they pay you????
July 1st, 2011 at 12:18 am
$2-3 million for a week or two of work would be pretty decent for Huntsman, unless of course, he’s now already burned through his Rolodex.
There’s no doubt the media loves him, and he fascinates a certain class of pundits. Hell, I’ll give him a look if he catches on and Pawlenty doesn’t, but he’s got to find a connection with the rank and file, and I doubt speaking Chinese is going to do it.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:23 am
Or, it puts him at the bottom.
Or, squarely in the middle.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:27 am
Josiah,
Any word on what your man is going to pull? Predictions around here haven’t been very generous.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:54 am
I think of course to most peoples dismay, Ron Paul will end up in the #2 spot. Bachmann will be #3….go ron, we need you now more than ever(too bad you don’t have a chance).
July 1st, 2011 at 1:48 am
I’m holding out hope that Huntsman will be the canidate who tells it like it is, attacking the sacred cows on both sides of the fence, while at the same time reassuring struggling voters. I will also be happy if he refuses to sign the idiotic no tax pledge. I doubt he would win this way, but he doesn’t have much to lose and he could drum up a lot NH indy and dem support this way.
July 1st, 2011 at 3:41 am
I had hopes for Huntsman but I think it’s pathetic that he flat out LIED only weeks ago when he said that he would not be self funding at all!
July 1st, 2011 at 4:07 am
Since he’s not filing, I don’t see how this is any better than the estimates others have announced.
July 1st, 2011 at 4:35 am
Huntsman has received a deferral to report 45 days later than the normal deadline. By the end of August, he will have to officially report his numbers. So, there is an incentive to declare them early to the extent that he gets some free press and that it looks like he is getting some money, and a disincentive to fabricate them since he will ultimately have to officially report them and he would want to be accused of lying.
Of course, he is defending his “self-funding” as being just the original seed money he put into the campaign at launch.
July 1st, 2011 at 5:00 am
My new guess:
Total raised, less than $50 million
Romney – $21 million, plus Super PAC of $15 million
Paul – $4.6 million
Pawlenty – $4.8 million, almost a third for the general election ($3 million)
Bachmann – $4.5 million, half brought over from her congressional campaign ($3 million)
Gingrich – $2.4 million
Huntsman – $4.1 million, half self-funded ($2 million)
Cain – $1.5 million
Johnson – $.8 million
Santorum – $.8 million
July 1st, 2011 at 7:08 am
Heath,
Ah well. In 2007 Romney told reporters it’d be a “nightmare” if he had to self fund, implying he would try not to do it, and that was after he had already “loaned” his campaign over $2 million, unbeknownst to the press.
July 1st, 2011 at 7:37 am
Another stunner, PPP has Bachmann leading in NM, I’m assuming she’s another flash in the pan, but stunning nonetheless.
July 1st, 2011 at 7:41 am
Still Hurting,
Your guess on TPAW is goin to be right on the money.
3 Million Primary – 1.5 Million for General.
Will not pay vendors until after AMES.
I think you are correct on Cain & Bachmann as well.
July 1st, 2011 at 8:35 am
T-Bored raised less than 5 M according to NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/us/politics/01donate.html?_r=1
July 1st, 2011 at 8:52 am
Huntsman has a major inferiority complex when it comes to Romney. Now he’s firing off at Meg Whitman for calling him a politician. The guy is going to flake out. He’s running in the wrong cycle. I hope Utah moves its primary up so Huntsman can get his ambitious nose rubbed in it.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:00 am
And that pissed me off too Matt.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:14 am
That Times article in #19 indicates Paul is only looking at 4-5 million.
It’s a pretty tough quarter all the way around.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:14 am
Heath,
Well, at least you’re consistent.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:16 am
MWS,
I think that Times article is only referring to Paul’s latest moneybomb on his website, though. Go to ronpaul2012.com and you’ll see he raised $4.5 million in the last week alone. He had two additional money bombs this quarter that raised over a million each, so he’ll have at least $6.5 million when all is said and done.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:22 am
Thought Huntsman was running a positive, above the fray campaign. Guess not.
http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/07/huntsman-team-rips-meg-whitman.html
July 1st, 2011 at 9:22 am
Oh, I forgot. It’s ok for Huntsman to attack Republicans, but not Democrats. Got it.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:24 am
Democrats get love letters from Huntsman.
http://www.jonhuntsman.com
July 1st, 2011 at 9:32 am
It’s been awhile since I’ve listened to talk radio, how are Rush and the gang treating Bachmann?
July 1st, 2011 at 9:38 am
#28:
The cat’s meow.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:42 am
29. That explains a lot.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:42 am
Pool.26
A very good point, but hardly surprising when you consider that Huntsman is the media’s candidate for the GOP nomination.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:55 am
How will everyone be celebrating Quitters Day on Sunday? Personally, I am planning on starting a home improvement project and then giving up midway through. Sarah has been an inspiration to us all and I am looking forward to her next book: “Not Afraid to Quit”.
July 1st, 2011 at 9:59 am
Given what talk radio is doing for Bachmann’s poll numbers it makes Huckabee’s strength in polls even more impressive because Mike never got any love from Rush and the gang.
July 1st, 2011 at 10:14 am
Ronald Reagan’s conditions of deploying American combat troops:
“1. The United States should not commit its forces to military action overseas unless the cause is vital to our national interest.
“2. If the decision is made to commit our forces to combat abroad, it must be done with the clear intent and support needed to win. It should not be a halfway or tentative commitment, and there must be clearly defined and realistic objectives.
“3. Before we commit our troops to combat, there must be reasonable assurance that the cause we are fighting for and the actions we take will have the support of the American people and Congress.
“4. Even after all these other tests are met, our troops should be committed to combat abroad only as a last resort, when no other choice is available.”
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_147/pascoe_reagan_to_mccain__youre_wrong_about_libya-206865-1.html
So in other words, Reagan would not have gone in to Libya.
July 1st, 2011 at 10:35 am
Ron Paul announced 4.5m raised.
July 1st, 2011 at 10:38 am
Impressive for Huntsman but didn’t I read somewhere that Romney and one other candidate had filed an extension and won’t be reporting their numbers immediately. Does anyone know anything about that?
July 1st, 2011 at 10:44 am
Bristol says Bachmann stealing Palin’s style
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bthesite/the-ridiculous-report-blog/bal-bristol-palin-says-bachmann-ripping-off-her-moms-style-20110701,0,6517406.story
July 1st, 2011 at 10:46 am
36
No, the extensions are for personal disclosures, not fundraising http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/06/ceo-6-27-2011.html
July 1st, 2011 at 10:48 am
Max (35), that announcement was from a non-affiliated Facebook page, and was announcing the total for their last week moneybomb. A Ron Paul spokesman has told ABC News that they will announce a total higher than $4.5 for the second quarter.
See the update at the bottom of this article:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/ron-paul-raises-45-million-in-2nd-fiscal-quarter-of-2011.html
July 1st, 2011 at 10:54 am
#38,
Thanks Massachusetts Conservative. That’s what I remember seeing.
July 1st, 2011 at 11:04 am
Massachusetts Conservative,
On a more serious note…well..not really I guess…
….If you compare the husbands of the two lady’s, Palin wins in a route.
At least we don’t have tapes of Todd Palin calling gays Barbarians…like Marcus Bachmann does.
What a circus.
If Bachmann wins the AMES Straw Poll I might have to be banned at RACE42012 for impersonating a GOP voter.
A Bachmann victory at AMES tells me out of touch with my party…i don’t really belong…. and I’m a Social Conservative.
July 1st, 2011 at 11:15 am
41
I’m losing faith in the future of our party too Smack. If Romney and Pawlenty are deemed unacceptable to some folks, we’re doomed.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Smack,
Patience is a virtue, my friend. Bachmann has all the classic signs of being a flare candidate. She will have her moment in the sun. Can she withstand the scrutiny?
I wouldn’t bet on it.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:41 pm
I wouldn’t recommend putting any of these unofficial announcement numbers on the fundraising leaderboard. It’s only the numbers reported on the official reports to the FEC that we can trust, because the campaign could be in legal trouble if they misreport those numbers. By contrast, there’s no penalty for leaking inaccurate numbers to the media.
It’s sort of like how Anthony Weiner was happy to tell reporters that his Twitter account had been hacked, but he wasn’t willing to ask the Capitol Police or FBI to investigate. Why not? Because he knew that filing a false police report would be illegal.
July 1st, 2011 at 12:52 pm
43
I disagree. These last couple elections cycles are made for the Bachmanns of the world – candidates who can move crowds, bring in cash, and bring voters to the polls. What she lacksat this time is organization on the ground in Iowa.
But it baffles me that the GOP nomination is a fight between Romney and Bachmann. Pawlenty is fading and is basically broke. And forget comparing him to McCain who had personal money. Pawlenty can’t bankroll his campaign. He could be out after Ames.
If Bachmann can win Iowa and Romney hold onto NH, it will be a two person race between two people who should not come anywhere near the presidency. Its depressing.
July 1st, 2011 at 1:28 pm
#41 and #42,
I would second your emotion. I used to be a conservative Republican but now I think you’d call me a moderate Republican yet I haven’t changed my positions on the issues. The party has simply shifted decidedly rightward.
If one looks as it as a range that went from 1 to 20 with 20 being most conservative and 1 being least, I was about a 16. But now Republicans have shifted the range and anything below 10 is considered liberal and has dropped off. The new top end is 30 which is territory once occupied by the Libertarians. I’m still a 16 but inteaad of being a upper end conservative, I’m now towards the bottom and find people calling me a RINO.
I am beginning to understand how Reagan must’ve felt when he said he didn’t leave the Democrat Party but rather, they left him. Republicans, propelled by the Tea Party, are moving to a hard-core right and leaving me behind. When Democrats, made their leftward lurch in the 60s and 70s, it gave rise to the Reagan Democrat and they nearly destroyed the party.
Republicans need to be very careful with their idealogy shift because they could find themselves without the more educated and wealthy members of the party that have historically been crucial to their success and instead left only with the rural, white, less educated, blue collar voters. With only this group, Republicans won’t have the financial resources to fuel their campaigns or enough members to win.
July 1st, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Tim Pawlenty will have pawlenty of time on his hands after his campaign implodes for lack of pawlenty of cash.
July 1st, 2011 at 2:38 pm
A good spin job by the TPAW camp.
“Gov. Pawlenty will report that his campaign has raised about $4.2 million, and begins the third quarter with more available cash-on-hand than the Republicans who won the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary had in July 2007.”
It looks like TPAW will have enough cash to go all out for an AMES victory if he can raise some extra ching in the month of July.
MISSION: TPAW AMES VICTORY!!
July 1st, 2011 at 4:49 pm
48 – Only because he hasn’t paid his bills yet.
July 2nd, 2011 at 2:41 pm
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