Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumGloucester Times: Leftover PAC money funneled into Warren's campaign
By Christian M. Wade, Statehouse Reporter, Gloucester (MA) Daily Times, May 2, 2019
BOSTON As she runs for president, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren has pledged not to accept money from lobbyists, political action committees or special interest groups.
Warren, one of 22 Democrats seeking the party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in 2020, has sworn off swanky fundraisers, big checks from wealthy donors and the flow of PAC money that typically permeates a presidential campaign. The pledge is a key plank of her campaign, and she references it in speeches and fundraising pitches.
"You wont see Elizabeth take a dime from federally registered lobbyists, corporate PACs, or PACs of any kind," her campaign boasted in a recent email blast to supporters, urging them to contribute. "You wont see Elizabeth cozy up to billionaires and nudge them to dump buckets of cash into a super PAC for her." A review of Warren's reports to the Federal Election Commission suggests that pledge is disingenuous.
Warren's presidential campaign collected $6 million in the first quarter of this year, banking 213,000 contributions from 135,000 donors, with an average donation of $28, her campaign said. She also transferred into her account $10 million in leftover campaign cash from her run for Senate last year, and a political committee she operates with other candidates, according to disclosures filed with the FEC.
https://www.gloucestertimes.com/election/leftover-pac-money-funneled-into-warren-s-campaign/article_f013b2ae-0a8d-53d1-afb1-ce9f80dfcc64.html
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Here's another example: Harris reported taking in just under $12 mil this quarter, which is slightly less than last quarter. And her campaign is telling reporters she received $2 million in the 24 hours after the debate and sold half a million $ in t-shirts.
Really.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)....their widespread grass roots support they're getting. They subtly use the word "contributIONs", hoping many take that as "contributORs", and the low average $. Then look at the details of the filings, dozens of contributors make hundreds of individual "small" contributions to keep the average $ amount down and artificially increasing the number of contributions.
For example, in the first quarter one candidate received 28,000 contributions, but from only 9,200 contributors!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)I'm not counting on any of the cable outfits to read them though. Except Joe's of course. They'll read that one!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)I downloaded all the major candidates' (O'Rourke, Gillibrand, Harris, Buttigieg, Warren, and Sanders) reports back in April and sorted them. Some interesting stuff, will be even more interesting as the data accumulates.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)And I'm guessing some of the lower tier won't bother.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kcr
(15,317 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)And I imagine all 3 of the senators have warchests they can dip into when they want to report a bump.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden