The Note: Who's Up and Who's Down In the 2016 Money Race?
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--LAY OF THE LAND: Hillary Clinton's campaign is showing off its fundraising power, raking in more than $47 million in the second quarter of 2015 -- three times as much as her next closest rival, Bernie Sanders, and more than the top six Republicans combined, ABC's RYAN STRUYK reports. Jeb Bush's campaign raised $11.4 million to top the GOP field. Donald Trump -- who says he doesn't need donations because he can finance his own campaign -- took dead last, bringing in just $96,000. But these numbers do not include money from outside groups, which is expected to help level the playing field for leading Republicans. We'll have a more complete snapshot when those totals will come in two weeks, and we expect to learn that Bush's Super PAC has raised $103 million. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and Rand Paul form a middle tier of GOP candidates. The other eight Republicans raised just $2.2 million or less, continuing to try to differentiate themselves from the pack. Here's a closer look:
--HILLARY CLINTON raised $47.6 million for her campaign, more than her four closest rivals -- Sanders, Bush, Cruz and Rubio -- combined. The campaign says that 61 percent of her donors were women, and 94 percent of her donations were $250 or less.
--BERNIE SANDERS brought in $13.8 million, the second-largest total only to Hillary Clinton. He focused largely on grassroots, small-dollar donors, aligning with his platform that bashes the billionaire class. One problem: He has no major outside groups to supplement his strong campaign haul.
--JEB BUSH topped the Republican field in campaign contributions, bringing in $11.4 million. But the former Florida governor's brightest hour will come in two weeks, when his Super PAC filings will reveal a staggering $103 million stockpile.
--DONALD TRUMP raised only $96,000 -- the least of any 2016 Presidential candidate. He loaned himself $1.8 million so that his campaign could spend about $1.4 million this quarter. (He spent 14 times more than he raised.) Still, Trump has made it clear that he does not need to gather donations, opting instead to finance his own campaign with his own dollars.
--RICK PERRY gathered just $1.1 million for his campaign despite the former Texas governor's efforts to break out of the bottom tier of candidates and make it onto the debate stage
TODAY ON THE TRAIL with ABC's CHRIS GOOD: Hillary Clinton will hold a town-hall at city hall in Dover, N.H., at 2 pm ET. Later, she'll attend an organizing event in Windham at 5:30 pm ET. Jeb Bush will be in San Francisco, where he'll tour a company called Thumbtack and hold a meet-and-greet with employees at 1 pm ET. Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally followed by a Q&A at Weirs Community Center in Laconia, N.H. at 5 pm ET. Chris Christie will hold a town-hall at the VFW post in Franklin, N.H., at 6:30 pm ET. Scott Walker continues his post-announcement tour in New Hampshire, including a stop at Seacoast Harley-Davidson in North Hampton at 3:30 pm ET. Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum will be in Iowa for a series of events throughout the day. Martin O'Malley will hold a roundtable discussion in Des Moines at 3:30 pm ET and a meet-and-greet in at Hotel Ottumwa in Ottumwa, Iowa, at 8 pm ET. Lindsey Graham will be in New Hampshire, where he'll tour Macy Industries in Hooksett at 10 am ET and visit the Sratham Fair at 1 pm ET.
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