Beto O’Rourke announced that he raised $6.1 million in the first 24 hours of his campaign. In so doing, the Texas Democrat signaled that he’s in for a sustained campaign — with the fundraising capacity to compete with anyone in the race
CENTER LINE, Michigan — One great question surrounding Beto O’Rourke has been whether he could replicate the massive fundraising totals he mustered in the Texas Senate race last year.
“Six million bucks overnight is impressive and anyone who says otherwise doesn’t understand the game,” said Kirk Wagar, a former top Barack Obama donor who is backing Sen. Kamala Harris . “It’s not the same as when Jeb Bush did it, where he had everyone lined up when they all donated. This guy, as far as I know, didn’t make a bunch of calls. Didn’t have a bunch of people that were pounding people.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Perhaps no other candidate’s first 24-hour fundraising total was as closely watched as O’Rourke’s, whose credibility as a national contender largely rested on the small-dollar fundraising list he developed as a Senate candidate. But O’Rourke, despite raising more than $80 million in that campaign, was running against Ted Cruz, a Republican universally loathed by Democrats — a different fundraising proposition than the large field of Democrats with whom he is now competing for money and support.
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