Highlights from Bush-Cheney July Fundraising Numbers
— -- The Bush-Cheney '04 campaign raised $14 million in July, according to the FEC report it filed for the month, bringing the campaign's grand total to over $240 million, the highest total of any presidential campaign in history.
The Kerry campaign figures will be available today and will show the entire pre-convention fundraising total for the campaign.
The Bush-Cheney campaign also reported that it had $32.5 million in cash on hand on July 31. In comparison, the campaign had $64,287,947 on hand at the end of June -- meaning it spent over $45 million in July.
The BC04 campaign put up five new ads in July and spread its ad buy to North Carolina with two previously released ads. The campaign also went up on radio with two new ads.
Three of the television ads aired on national cable and local television markets in battleground states, one aired only in New Mexico, and another was just aiming at local markets in key states.
The specifics on the campaign's disbursements (including how much it spent on advertising) will be available later today.
The campaign Noted in a release that 229,410 donors contributed to that figure and the campaign has received donations from more than 1.24 million contributors.
For the July total, $11.2 million came from direct mail/phone donations and the campaign raised $2.3 million online.
Fact Sheet from the BC04 campaign:
July total raised: $14 millionJuly contributors: 229,410July contributions less than $200: 216,005New contributors in July: 89,049July average contribution: $65July raised through major donor programs: $500,000July raised with direct mail/phones: $11.2 millionJuly raised online: $2.3 million Total raised by Bush-Cheney '04: $240.4 millionTotal unique contributors: 1,242,530Total contributions under $200: 1,808,700Total average contribution: $121Total raised, events/donor program: $131.7 millionTotal raised with direct mail/phones: $97.7 millionTotal raised online:
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