{"id":1966028,"date":"2023-07-06T19:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-presidential-campaign-raises-150-million-one-of-the-biggest-gop-totals-in-years\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T19:03:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:03:10","slug":"desantiss-presidential-campaign-raises-150-million-one-of-the-biggest-gop-totals-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-presidential-campaign-raises-150-million-one-of-the-biggest-gop-totals-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis&#8217;s presidential campaign amasses $150M, a major GOP feat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantiss-presidential-campaign-raises-150-million-one-of-the-biggest-gop-totals-in-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0706\/7f426eb8-39ec-477f-a8ad-55fe0d002c00\/audio.mp3?length=2418381&#038;duration=202\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Gov. Ron DeSantis Raises $20 Million in First Six Weeks of Presidential Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s campaign for president on July 6 announced strong fundraising results, raising $20 million in its first six weeks. His independent Super PAC, Never Back Down, meanwhile raised $130 million since launching in early March.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis&#8217;s campaign said in a written statement that his fundraising &#8220;is the largest first-quarter filing from any non-incumbent Republican candidate in more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It bests the $18.3 million former President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign raised during the first two fundraising quarters as a candidate,&#8221; $3.8 million in the 4th calendar quarter of 2022 and $14.5 million in the first quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5379156\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/06\/id5379156-Trump-GettyImages-1379353249-1200x761.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The figures from the DeSantis campaign and from Never Back Down illustrated the Florida governor&#8217;s fundraising prowess as he aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-presidential-campaign-raises-150-million-one-of-the-biggest-gop-totals-in-years\/\" title=\"DeSantis's presidential campaign amasses 0M, a major GOP feat.\">defeat front-runner<\/a> and former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination next year,&#8221; the Never Back Down Super PAC said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump&#8217;s team reported on July 5 that the former president&#8217;s campaign and Save America, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&#038;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">political action committee<\/a>, together brought in over $35 million between April and June in the second quarter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-flagged-for-ethics-violation\/\" title=\"Biden White House Flagged for Ethics Violation\">political fundraising<\/a>,&#8221; the PAC said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DeSantis raised the $20 million fundraising haul in less than half the time, beginning with his campaign launch in late May,&#8221; the PAC said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. DeSantis declared his candidacy on May 24.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;$150 million raised from across all 50 states between DeSantis for President and Never Back Down shows what a formidable movement is behind Gov. DeSantis,&#8221; Never Back Down CEO Chris Jankowski said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The future of the Republican Party is Governor Ron DeSantis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joe Biden&#8217;s leftist policies are destroying the country, and Republicans are excited to invest in a winner ready to lead America&#8217;s revival,&#8221; said campaign manager Generra Peck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are grateful for the investment so many Americans have made to get this country back on track.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fight to save it will be long and challenging, but we have built an operation to share the governor&#8217;s message and mobilize the millions of people who support it. We are ready to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5302407\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/31\/id5302407-Signing-The-Bus.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>Never Back Down&#8217;s nine-figure sum includes $82.5 million transferred from Mr. DeSantis&#8217;s Florida PAC, money left over from his 2022 reelection bid.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/13\/politics\/desantis-money-super-pac-transfer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to published sources<\/a>, DeSantis set records for a non-self<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-dem-leader-cuomo-can-be-positive-force-in-democratic-partys-future\/\" title=\"NY Dem Leader: Cuomo Can Be \u2018Positive\u2019 Force in Democratic Party\u2019s Future\">-funded gubernatorial candidate<\/a> during that race, raising more than $190 million in two years between his campaign and his PAC.<\/p>\n<p>A watchdog has complained to the Federal Election Commission about the transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The agency took no action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s presidential campaign raised an impressive $20 million in just six weeks, according to an announcement on July 6. Additionally, his independent Super PAC has amassed a staggering $130 million since its launch in March. This remarkable fundraising achievement marks the highest first-quarter filing for any non-incumbent Republican candidate, as stated by Mr. DeSantis&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1117,"featured_media":1966029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}