In campaigns, the candidate doesn’t have to have equal money or more money than his opponents – he just needs competitive money. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, should be able to compete on the airwaves with the $8 million that he raised in the third quarter.
Paul set the $8 million goal for the quarter in a September 30th email just hours ahead of the end-of-quarter fundraising deadline. He revealed the numbers during a speech at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. His campaign released a statement saying that “the amount and nature of donations to Ron Paul proves his fundraising prowess and also demonstrates in real numbers the grassroots support Dr. Paul receives from average Americans.”
Paul’s campaign sent out at least 8 fundraising emails as part of an “End of Quarter Push,” in which Paul announced a $2.5 million “voter contact blitz” featuring “hard-hitting internet and TV ads” as wells as “a massive phone outreach and targeted voter mail program over the next 30 days.”
The campaign also says that Paul received money from 100,000 unique donors – “more than five times the number of total donors to the campaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry,” the campaign took care to note.
Perry reportedly raised $17 million in the last 49 days.
