DeSantis raised $20 million in the six weeks since he announced his campaign, demonstrating his ability to marshal resources despite an uneven launch in late-May. The super PAC playing an unusually expansive role in DeSantis’s bid raised $130 million.
behind former president Donald Trump in a race that looked more competitive earlier this year, polls of the Republican primary show. As his allies hope for a turnaround, his campaign cash and a wide network of wealthy donors — along with $130 million amassed by a super PAC — could help him raise his profile and compete in key battlegrounds through the purchase of pricey television ads, direct mail pieces and mobilization efforts.
DeSantis’s campaign did not say how much cash it had in its campaign account at the end of the second quarter. It also did not disclose the size of the average donation it received.$14.5 million for his campaign and another $4.3 million for the post-presidency PAC that he has used to pay advisers and to stage events. The former president has picked up the fundraising pace as he faces growing legal peril and has been indicted twice this year.
Never Back Down, the super PAC playing an unusually expansive role in DeSantis’s bid, has raised $130 million since launching. Much of that is left over from DeSantis’s gubernatorial reelection effort. In May, a Florida political committee that had been holding the extra funds transferred $82.5 million to Never Back Down. One megadonor, Robert Bigelow, this spring took credit for more than $20 million of the total super PAC tally.
Super PACs can accept unlimited donations — unlike campaigns, which are subject to strict contribution caps — but cannot coordinate their spending with the campaign and pay higher rates for TV advertising than candidates.much of the DeSantis field operations, handling voter outreach tasks typically helmed by campaigns.
DeSantis has struggled to gain traction after losing ground to Trump in national polling this spring. His campaign manager, Generra Peck, said in a statement Thursday that the fight to get America “back on track” is going to be “long and challenging,” and added, “we have built an operation to share the governor’s message and mobilize the millions of people who support it.
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