The Florida governor is going to have to find new big donors — fast.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised $31.3 million through the end of September, and of that, $23.8 million came from more than 3,800 donors. | Charlie Neibergall/APRon DeSantis has a money problem: Most of the cash in his campaign’s account is off limits, and the donors who have fueled his strong fundraising so far are people he can’t ask again for more money.
“Not only has Ron DeSantis garnered support from over 100,000 grassroots conservative donors, but he also has more donors who are all-in to support his vision to revive America than any other candidate in the field,” said Communications Director Andrew Romeo. “It seems like you should be asking the other campaigns why they’ve had to compensate for lackluster enthusiasm with gift cards and other bullshit gimmicks that we have too much respect for our supporters to deploy.
But DeSantis has by far the most cash locked up, at $6.1 million. When it comes to cash available to his campaign as of the end of September, he was closer to lower-polling and less-funded candidates such as former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy than to Trump.
The dependence on large donors is a major way in which DeSantis differs from Trump, who has long been unique among Republicans for his strength with small-dollar donors. Of the nearly $60 million in the former president’s campaign account, just $1.9 million comes from donors who have given at least $3,300. His contributors can keep giving, and his filings suggest many do.
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