Analysis: Beto O’Rourke’s huge $6.1 million one-day haul, in context
By Aaron Blake Aaron Blake Senior political reporter, writing for The Fix Email Bio Follow March 18 at 12:20 PM In case there was any doubt that Beto O’Rourke’s record-setting fundraising for his 2018 Senate campaign could translate to the presidential stage, he quickly erased it.
O’Rourke’s campaign announced Monday that it raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours after he announced his campaign last week. The total is notably more than any other Democratic presidential hopeful, including Sen. Bernie Sanders , whose small-dollar fundraising success in 2016 showed just how vast and motivated his base was for his primary against Hillary Clinton. Sanders raised just slightly less — $5.9 million — on his first day.
There was also some question about whether Democratic donors truly loved O’Rourke in 2018, or whether they just loved the guy who happened to be running against Sen. Ted Cruz — a top foe of liberals in the Senate. A good operation can hit up old donors and quickly rack up solid early fundraising totals. But O’Rourke has largely eschewed the kind of elaborate campaign infrastructure we’re used to. He’s also competing with a bunch of people who have also run for Senate and other statewide offices and built large donor lists, and his totals are gaudy in comparison.
If he can keep raising funds like this, it will be difficult to treat him like anything other than a real, top contender for the Democratic nomination.
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