Here are the fundraising totals for all the candidates, as per the FEC year-end reports filed today (except Ron Paul, whose report hasn’t been posted yet). Cash on hand is as of the end of 12/31/11.
Updated: Added Ron Paul’s information.
| 2011 Q4 Fundraising Leaderboard | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Candidate | Raised For Primaries | Other Revenue | Cash on Hand | Debt |
| 1 | Romney | $24.28 million | — | $19.92 million | — |
| 2 | Paul | $13.32 million | — | $1.90 million | — |
| 3 | Cain | $11.48 million | — | $0.99 million | $0.58 million |
| 4 | Gingrich | $10.17 million | — | $2.11 million | $1.20 million |
| 5 | Perry | $2.91 million | — | $3.76 million | $0.09 million |
| 6 | Bachmann | $1.71 million | — | $0.36 million | $1.10 million |
| 7 | Huntsman | $1.10 million | $0.30 million1 | $0.11 million | $3.77 million |
| 8 | Santorum | $0.90 million | $0.02 million1 | $0.28 million | $0.20 million |
| 9 | Roemer | $0.10 million | $0.005 million1 | $0.009 million | $0.005 million |
1Indicates candidate self-funding
January 31st, 2012 at 10:20 pm
How humiliating for anyone not named Romney!
January 31st, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Gingrich spent $8 million in Q4?
On what?
January 31st, 2012 at 10:25 pm
Has there ever been a more poorly run campaign than that of Jon Huntsman? Honestly, how did anyone (myself included) ever take that guy seriously?
January 31st, 2012 at 10:31 pm
Gingrich reported he raised 5 million in January. Not sure how much he’s spent but surely, between NH, South Carolina, and Florida at least 3-4 million. So he can’t have more than 4 mil on hand. The folks who are saying, “well, why shouldn’t Gingrich stay in? See how crazy things are this primary season? Anything can happen!” are doing the country and the party a disservice. Any objective evaluation of the situation shows that given that Romney likely has 4 times more money than Gingrich and Santorum combined; given that there are no debates for near a month; given the upcoming calendar heavily favors Romney, this thing is over. But the media can give a candidate life he doesn’t have by playing into absurd narratives.
Imagine what would have happened if the media had, after Iowa and NH, said “huh…there are 3 tickets out of Iowa and 2 out of NH. Newt came in 4th and 5th respectively. Maybe we should stop paying attention to this guy”. I’ll tell you: Santorum would have become the conservative alternative, as he ought to have been, and we’d be looking at a totally different race. One in which the two candidates primaries voters actually most admire/respect were the two finalists. And possibly one in which conservatives angsty at the possibility of a Romney nomination could have prevailed. But instead the media said “hey, anything can happen” and they said “hey, this Newt guy is going NUTS. Shine a camera on him” and we’ve ended up in a ludicrous situation.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:43 pm
This definately states who can manage money and who can’t. Romney belongs in the White House.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Gingrich has a couple million bucks, but owes half of that, so he only has about a million left. He can still raise money, but I wouldn’t bet Adelson will give him any more.
He’s not a good risk.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:48 pm
3
Well, Rick Perry.
And by the way, in case anyone is curious, Perry beat Huntsman in Florida, and Cain beat Bachmann.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:51 pm
A week from today is actually going to be really interesting.
Three contests in one day. Santorum has a reasonable shot at winning the beauty contest in Missouri.
THAT NIGHT, we may see the final death blow to the Gingrich campaign as it fails to win in CO and MN, and is mentioned to the people as not having made the ballot in MO. And in his wake, if Santorum can win MO, he could immediately become the lasting not-Romney candidate.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:54 pm
And following Feb 7, we have Maine on the 11th, and then NO CONTESTS for 17 days.
January 31st, 2012 at 10:54 pm
#8:
Santorum’s problem is that he just can’t financially compete with Romney. The Governor can blanket the St. Louis and Kansas City media markets with TV ads, probably starring one Jim Talent, and bury Santorum under.
If Santorum loses MO and the rest of the February states, he might well drop out. He’s a lot smarter politically than Newt and far less driven by hatred. Losing Missouri in particular would be a big blow to Santorum because he will get that chance to go one-on-one with Romney.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:03 pm
The magnitude of this win will send important shockwave throughout the republican leadership. Mitt winning by 14% in a state that is a must win in the fall just adds more pressure to the pot. The next seven states before Super Tuesday with a giant tailwind behind Mitt will propel wins in AZ, MI, NV, MO, CO, ME. Santorum will be going against a very big surrogate by the name of Jim Talent and Mitt for a non-binding primary. Mitt solidify the west and hold ME in the north-east. What more all three of the candidates are going to have to generate their own momentum without funds. I just don’t see it. With the governor of TN supporting Mitt already, Mitt will have more steam behind him leaving on GA and OK for the AMR crowd to win. My guess Super Tuesday will be the end if Newt and Rick can even hold out that long.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:11 pm
10
Next Tuesday will shape the race. Santorum wins MO, Noot is done and he Santorum gets a second shot.
Mitt wins MO, and Santorum is effectively done, and Noot limps into Super Tuesday like a wounded animal.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:41 pm
with Mitt comfortably in the lead in many of Feb. contests, he’ll spend much of his time out raising dough….for the General Election!
This here horserace….she’s done.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:44 pm
There’s no telling how much money walks through the door after tonight, the big donors with cash on the sidelines know who the nominee is now going to be.
I’m REALLY hoping Adelson doesn’t give Newt another $5 million, at that point, I have to question if Adelson’s real name is George Soros. Newt needs to be starved of cash.
The only dark horse race left is Missouri, and even then, if Santorum wins, it’s hardly a death blow to Romney, and might even help by destroying Newt even further.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:47 pm
#11 drob,
Newt’s signs proclaiming he has “46 States To Go” left me laughing. Doesn’t he know that for him, he isn’t on the ballot for all of the 46 remaining contests. He only made himself look foolish with that stunt. The news media happily reminded voters upon seeing those signs of his failure to get on the ballot in his home state. Did he really need to have the media remind voters of that. Didn’t someone on his staff consider the very obvious negative implication of those signs.
There is no way Republicans need to send in The Nutty Professor and his merry band of amatuers to do battle with Mr. Obama.
January 31st, 2012 at 11:59 pm
A bunch of that states right now are caucus states, requiring money and organization. Caucus states do not favor Newt or Santorum.
February 1st, 2012 at 12:00 am
One would think that the addled Adelson would start playing the odds and get a clue. These guys don’t get megarich by being stupid with their money.
February 1st, 2012 at 12:49 am
Total cash on hand…
Romney – $20 million
Everyone else combined (including the dropouts) – $5 million
Seriously. Mitt and the Munchkins it is. That’s pitiful.
February 1st, 2012 at 1:15 am
Romney will have secret service protection starting Wednesday. It can be approved based on polls and fundraising.
February 1st, 2012 at 4:56 am
Mitt is the man! What a great win for our next President of the United States of America!
February 1st, 2012 at 6:03 am
Well I guess this proves Gingrich wrong again. Romney is not buying the election and didn’t buy Florida.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:16 am
Unless Gingrich’s sugardaddy ponies up another $5 million, it looks like Newty is out of gas.
That means that basically only Team Mitt (and maybe Paul) will have the ability to run TV and radio ads going forward.
Newt and Santorum will have to rely on the earned media…Especially Gingrich’s PR Team (FOX News and Talk Radio)…
February 1st, 2012 at 9:44 am
This race is over. newt and rick need to drop out and start working to defeat obama.
February 1st, 2012 at 9:53 am
Thanks for putting this chart together Matt. Very Nice.
February 1st, 2012 at 10:09 am
Poor Huntsmans got 3 mill in debt! Looks like he is going to need Daddy to bail him out again.
February 1st, 2012 at 10:13 am
I am really surprised that Santorum hasn’t got a penny. By being one of the “final four” you would thing that he had some fundraising base.
February 1st, 2012 at 11:51 am
Perry raised $2.9M, yet has $3.76M in cash on hand? Can someone please help me understand how this is possible? Creative Accounting? Crony Capitalism?
February 1st, 2012 at 1:29 pm
6.,14. Maybe someone could explain this to me since I’m not real smart. Assuming this Gingrich guy, Adelson or whatever, has already maxed his donation at $2500, how would donating more money, which would presumably have to go to the SPAC, help Newt and his campaign debt?
February 1st, 2012 at 1:30 pm
15 You realize somebody had to go into a print shop and order those signs presuming they’d lose Florida. So I wonder how many days did it take to get those signs printed?
February 1st, 2012 at 1:35 pm
If I were to guess, I’d guess that Gingrich has about 4 mil right now and Romney has about 16 mill. However, Gingrich will raise little from this point on, while Romney will find it easy to raise funds.
February 1st, 2012 at 4:27 pm
#27 Ryan: Perry raised $2.9M in the 4th quarter of 2011 alone. But he also had enough funds left over from the previous quarter that he was able to have $3.76M left as of 12/31/11.
February 1st, 2012 at 4:31 pm
#27 Ryan: Specifically, Perry had $15.1M cash on hand as of 9/30/11. During the 4th quarter, he raised another $2.9M and spent $14.2M, leaving him with $3.8M as of 12/31/11.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:36 pm
So Roemer self-funded to the tune of $5000? Was that for gas to get the Roemer-mobile from state to state? I’m guessing he’s having a great time.