Booker raises $4.6M in 2nd quarter

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Hill

Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) raised a staggering $4.6 million in the second quarter of the cycle and now has $4.5 million cash on hand for his Senate campaign in New Jersey.

The haul may be enough to vault him ahead of his opponents in fundraising.

At the end of the last quarter, before Sen. Frank Lautenberg's (D-N.J.) death and the beginning of the special election to replace him, Rep. Frank Pallone (D), a prolific fundraiser in his own right, had $3.7 in the bank.

Booker reported raising $1.9 million in the first quarter of the year and overall has raised $6.5 million this year.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/310353-booker-raises-46m-in-2nd-quarter

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1. Hedge Fund Defender Booker will have no problems raising cash

Chuck Schumer II, here he comes.

[RiverNoord]

2. It's appalling that the amount

of money a political candidate raises for his/her campaign is such a crucial measure of that candidate's probable success in the modern American political system.

What does the ability to solicit money from rich friends, associates, and their friends have to do with governing?