Sen. Lindsey Graham posts record $3.29M fundraising haul [View all]
Source: abc/AP
Tuesday, October 15th 2019
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) —........................
Graham's $3.29 million raised in the third quarter of this year is the most raised in a single quarter by any candidate in South Carolina's history, his campaign said Tuesday. The previous record was Jim DeMint's $3.125 million in 2004 for a U.S. Senate seat.
The campaign also said that the Republican's total is the most raised in this filing period by any Republican U.S. Senate candidate in the country.
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Officials with Graham's reelection campaign said he has almost $8.4 million cash on hand. That's the third-highest cash-on-hand total for a Republican Senate candidate, after Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and John Cornyn of Texas.
Jaime Harrison, who is running as a Democrat for Graham's Senate seat, raised more than $2.2 million in the third quarter and has more than $2.6 million on hand............................................
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is backing Harrison, who has said he thinks it could take $10 million to win next year's race. Flipping a Senate seat from red to blue in South Carolina would be difficult and likely would require millions of dollars in fundraising, an area in which national-level groups like the DSCC would be crucial.....................................
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money talks in campaigns. yes. it does. damn.
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