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Seeing Crowd, G.O.P. Donors Holding Back
Despite a wealth of choices in a crowded primary field, the vast majority of high-level Republican donors and fund-raisers have not yet backed any candidate financially, magnifying the importance of the coming debates as the presidential hopefuls seek to impress potential backers.
Read More >>Poll: Bush has edge over Rubio among Miami Cuban voters
In their home county in Florida, Jeb Bush is beating Marco Rubio by double digits among GOP voters and even among those who are most like the freshman senator: Cuban-American Republicans, a new poll shows.
Read More >>Five big takeaways from the 2016 candidates’ fundraising filings
This week marked the first deadline for 2016 presidential candidates and their affiliated political action committees to submit their campaign finance records to the Federal Election Commission.
Read More >>Campaigns shatter spending records
The crowded field of 2016 presidential candidates spent $48 million through the first half of the year — nearly twice as much as their counterparts had at this point in the 2012 cycle — reflecting the new realities of fast, expensive campaign launches.
Read More >>Jeb v. Marco: Round 1 goes to Jeb
In the first pitched battle of Florida’s Republican presidential donnybrook, Jeb Bush’s campaign beat Marco Rubio’s in fundraising by pulling in about $680,000 more contributions from Sunshine State donors.
Read More >>Jeb Bush piles up early campaign cash, but lags with small U.S. donors
Republican Jeb Bush’s impressive fundraising haul, fueled by big-money donations, was the product of a concerted effort to score an early breakthrough that would establish him as the frontrunner in a crowded 2016 White House race.
Read More >>Campaign Finance Reports Offer Clues to Campaign
Wednesday was the filing deadline for the 2016 presidential candidates to reveal their fundraising and spending details, and while the overall numbers are fairly easy to digest and understand (Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lead their respective parties’ contenders in money raised, for example), there are lots of details buried in each report that will take a few days for the media to find and report on their likely meaning for the campaign.
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