Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday his campaign raised $15.9 million since he launched his candidacy on Jan. 27.
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Calling the haul “record-setting,” the Youngkin campaign said in a statement the fundraising total is more than any Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate has ever raised at this point in the race.
According to the campaign, more than 3,400 donations representing 131 counties and cities in Virginia, plus supporters in 39 other states across the U.S., contributed to the final sum.
Youngkin, who retired as co-CEO of the global investment firm the Carlyle Group in July 2020 after 25 years, told the Washington Examiner that even a wealthy opponent such as Democrat Terry McAuliffe would not financially overwhelm his campaign.
“I’m a businessperson. I’ve had a 30-year career about creating jobs and building businesses-solving problems. And so, when it comes to the campaign, we’re running a different kind of campaign. It’s going to require more resources in order to go compete with the Terry McAuliffe Clinton fundraising machine,” Youngkin said.
“And so we’re going to compete heads up, and we’re not going to have resources be a problem in this campaign,” he added. “It’s actually going to be one of our enablers to run the kind of campaign that we need to run so that Virginia voters can elect Glenn Youngkin as our next governor.”
Since May 27, Youngkin’s campaign had over $4.3 million cash after collecting more in April and May than it did in the two months prior.
Additionally, Glenn and his wife Suzanne created the Virginia Wins PAC and personally donated $400,000 to help Republican candidates across the Commonwealth.
Virginia Republican Party Chairman Rich Anderson credits Youngkin’s business acumen and network, along with his pro-business stances, for the success in the fundraising.
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“He has built up immense networks of people that will come support a party that is business-friendly, as opposed to a party that wants to repeal the right to work and simply doesn’t have a record that’s very friendly or supportive of business,” Anderson told the Washington Examiner. “But the other reason is, and the more important reason I think is there is boundless enthusiasm right now.”
