The Florida governor took in a little more than $11 million and spent just as much — with another $1 million in unpaid invoices.
As Ron DeSantis intensifies his push to challenge frontrunner Donald Trump in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, he will likely need an infusion of donations to sustain his operations.
Desantis also cut costs by reducing staff over the course of the quarter. His campaign spent just shy of $1.3 million on payroll. On July 14, the team paid 90 people, according to a POLITICO analysis of his filing. By Sept. 29, the last payday of the quarter, only 63 staffers were on payroll. All told, DeSantis still has $12.3 million of the $31.3 million he’s raised so far for his White House bid. But he can only spend $5 million of that during the primary — the rest is earmarked for the general election, should he make it that far.
But super PACs are not legally permitted to coordinate directly with campaigns. And as DeSantis intensifies his push to challenge frontrunner Donald Trump in theDonors increased their pace of giving over the third quarter: Contributions exceeding $200 — the threshold to be itemized by the FEC — accounted for 71 percent of his fundraising and increased each month throughout the quarter.
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