Pence’s GOP debate hopes in jeopardy after lackluster second quarter fundraising results
Combined with the roughly $2.6 million reportedly raised by Committed to America, a super PAC aligned with the former vice president, Pence’s second quarter totals amount to just $3.8 million, far less than his top opponents. on Friday, meaning he has not yet reached the threshold required by the Republican National Committee to make the debate stage on Aug. 23 in Milwaukee.Former Arkansas Gov.
Billionaire North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who launched his mostly self-funded campaign the same day as Pence, revealed Friday that he has outraised the former vice president. Burgum reportedly raised $1.6 million from donors over the last three months and contributed $10 million of his own money to his longshot campaign.
Hutchinson is also struggling to reach the polling benchmark with national surveys only showing 0.8% of people backing his candidacy. Earlier this week, Sen. Tim Scott and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced theirScott’s campaign reported a $6.1 million fundraising haul from April-June, with over 75,000 donations from over 53,000 unique donors across all 50 states coming in.
Haley’s presidential campaign and two aligned political committees said they brought in $7.3 million during the second quarter, nearly double what Pence and his associated PAC raised.
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