Breaking through the Trump-DeSantis logjam will be tough, especially if you can’t raise cash.
For Tim Scott, the figure was relatively strong compared to the field but less than he raised in his best quarter of his most recent Senate campaign. | Francis Chung/POLITICOGOP candidates hoping to knock off Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis raised a combined $21 million from donors in the second quarter — underscoring just how difficult it is to break out of the pack.
The former president and Florida Governor still have a firm financial lead on the rest of the field. DeSantis’ campaign reported raising more than $20 million, while Trump’s campaign, which had not yet filed Saturday evening, teased that it had raised $35 million. Leading the rest of the field in fundraising, excluding money from the candidates themselves, were the two South Carolinians. Sen. Tim Scott raised $6.2 million, followed by Nikki Haley at $5.3 million. For Scott, the figure was relatively strong compared to the field but less than he raised in his best quarter of his most recent Senate campaign. The senator also spent more than he raised over the quarter.
The best quarterly fundraising totals beyond Trump and DeSantis came from two longshots who threw in substantial shares of their own funds. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum put $10.2 million into his own campaign while bringing in $1.5 million in donations, while biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy added another $5 million of his own money this quarter while raising $2.3 million from donors.
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