In just over a week’s time, Ted Cruz’s campaign has managed to pull in four million with just less than half of his donor base being very small donors:
BLOOMBERG – Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz raised more than $4 million in the first nine days of his presidential campaign, a report Wednesday to the Federal Election Commission shows.
About 44 percent of the contributions came from donors giving $200 or less. Cruz’s Senate campaign transferred in about $250,000, giving him an overall starting nut of $4.3 million. Among his contributors: Boston private equity king John Childs and Dallas investor Robert Rowling, both of whom were major Republican benefactors in 2012 and 2014.
The Cruz for President financial documents mark the first public accounting of the 2016 race. Others who have recently declared their campaigns, including Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, both Republicans, and Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won’t report to the FEC until July 15.
Sounds like Cruz if off to a fantastic start.