{"id":2268714,"date":"2024-06-15T20:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T00:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-the-glitz-and-glam-rfk-jr-is-struggling-to-bring-in-cash\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T20:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T00:53:11","slug":"behind-the-glitz-and-glam-rfk-jr-is-struggling-to-bring-in-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/behind-the-glitz-and-glam-rfk-jr-is-struggling-to-bring-in-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite the glitz and glam, RFK Jr. faces fundraising challenges"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fbehind-the-glitz-and-glam-rfk-jr-is-struggling-to-bring-in-cash%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=2268714&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--><p>Independent \u2063presidential candidate \u200bRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing challenges in his fundraising efforts, despite \u2064employing various strategies. \u200dKennedy has \u2064attempted to\u200d raise funds through $10\u200d raffle tickets for outings\u2062 with himself and his wife, \u200bCheryl \u2064Hines. However, this tactic has not \u200bsignificantly increased the number\u2063 of smaller donations, which presently\u200d constitute just over\u200d a quarter of\u200d his \u200dtotal campaign funds, totaling $11 million. Additionally, \u2063his campaign held auctions in the \u2063months \u200dof April, March, and\u200d February, all of which fell short of their \u200dfinancial targets. The most recent auction \u200bonly managed to raise $50,000\u200b of\u200c its $100,000 aim, leading to a decision not to host further\u200d auctions. Nevertheless, Kennedy&#8217;s campaign received a substantial boost from his running mate, Nicole \u200cShanahan, who donated $10 million from her \u200cpersonal finances. \u200cThis contribution has been critical in \u200dsupporting the campaign amidst its fundraising\u2063 struggles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Independent presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> is coming up short in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fundraising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fundraising<\/a> for his <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign<\/a> despite trying a myriad of strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has sold $10 raffle tickets for excursions with him and his wife, comedian Cheryl Hines, but has not seen growth in the number of small donations, which currently make up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/2024-presidential-race\/robert-f-jr-kennedy\/candidate?id=N00052560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"over a quarter\">over one-fourth<\/a> of his funds but only add up to $11 million.<\/p>\n<p>Campaign auctions in April, March, and February failed to reach their goals, with the latest auction raising only half of its $100,000 goal. As a result, the campaign has not hosted another auction since.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Kennedy, his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, contributed $10 million out of her own pocket to the campaign or else it would have nearly overspent its funds. The campaign has raised over $43 million, including Shanahan\u2019s contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the campaign began offering its volunteers commission on the merchandise and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-lawsuit-claims-record-label-co-founder-tried-to-auction-jay-zs-first-album-reasonable-doubt-as-nft\/\" title=\"Major Lawsuit Claims Record Label Co-Founder Tried To Auction Jay-Z\u2019s First Album \u2018Reasonable Doubt\u2019 As NFT\">event tickets<\/a> it sells. Should volunteers become affiliates, 15% of what they raise is paid back to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe launched this program to increase our reach while also compensating our hardworking field volunteers and professional ad affiliates,\u201d\u00a0Deputy Digital Director Audra Gold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy24.com\/kennedy_affiliate_program_compensate_volunteers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> at the time of the announcement. \u201cBy signing up for our affiliate program,\u00a0volunteers can get paid by promoting campaign merchandise and events, and encouraging supporters to make donations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-man-trying-to-shake-up-yales-secretive-governing-body\/\" title=\"Meet the Man Trying to Shake Up Yale\u2019s Secretive Governing Body\">independent candidate<\/a>, it has cost Kennedy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-more-cities-vote-no-confidence-in-progressive-l-a-county-d-a-gascon-amid-recall-threat\/\" title=\"Three More Cities Vote \u2018No Confidence\u2019 In Progressive L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n Amid Recall Threat\">collect signatures<\/a>. American Values 2024 helped the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-blasts-legal-efforts-amid-2024-race-and-calls-for-a-fair-fight\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. criticizes legal actions in 2024 race, advocates for fair competition\">campaign collect\u00a0signatures<\/a>\u00a0in several states until the Democratic National Committee filed a complaint that the campaign did not disclose a $10 million loan to the super PAC until it had repaid 96% of it. However, one of the states the super PAC collected\u00a0signatures\u00a0in was Nevada, which might become invalid because at the time the\u00a0signatures\u00a0were collected, Kennedy had not named his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy24.com\/kennedy_signatures_historic_ballot_access_victory_new_york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"claims\">claims<\/a> its candidate is on the ballot in Utah, Michigan, California, Delaware, Oklahoma, Hawaii, and Texas. As of Saturday, it claimed to have gathered enough signatures to appear on ballots in New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio, New Jersey, and New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is struggling with campaign fundraising, despite various strategies. He&#8217;s sold $10 raffle tickets for outings with himself and his wife, comedian Cheryl Hines. However, these efforts haven&#8217;t boosted his small donations, which still constitute over one-fourth of his campaign funds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2268715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rfk-jr-2-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rfk-jr-2-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268714","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}