Giuliani Notes: Rudy’s 3 Million Leads GOP Field
CNN: Giuliani’s early $3 million dwarfs GOP rivals
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani began the year with over $3 million available to spend on a presidential campaign, more than six times the amount his closest GOP rival had available at the same point.
The Ticker had previously reported that Giuliani had saved at least $1 million in cash for his presidential exploratory committee by the start of the year, but a new report made available this week by the Federal Election Commission shows that the former New York City mayor had another $2 million stored in an account originally created for his aborted 2000 Senate campaign. Under federal law, Giuliani may transfer this entire amount to a presidential campaign.
Leading in most national GOP primary polls, Giuliani is not going to have a problem with EARLY campaign funds.
Now, if Flap was John McCain’s fundraiser I would probably be making a few more calls.
The poop:
Combined federal cash-on-hand for 2008 Republicans:
Republicans:
Rudy Giuliani (R-New York): $3,108,524.41 (Presidential and Senate cmtes.)
Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona): $492,487.30 (Presidential and Senate cmtes.)
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado): $189,092.12 (House cmte. only)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California): $53,379.37 (House cmte. only)
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas): $41,758.84 (Senate cmte. only)
Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts): $20,159.89 (Senate cmte. only)
Tommy Thompson (R-Wisconsin) $500.00 (Presidential cmte only)
NOTE: No presidential reports were required from Jim Gilmore, Hunter, Romney, and Tancredo because their presidential committees were created in 2007.
Giuliani’s organization is taking shape including fundraising. Will Rudy be able to raise the $100 million as disclosed in that infamous briefing book?
Probable…….
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