2016 candidates' donations revealed in FEC filings – live

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2015/jul/15/fec-filings-2016-presidential-campaigns-liveblog


This is a live blog so updates continue to come in. Posting this so we'll have a place to follow it. Now, I'm off to actually READ it

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1. ExxonMobil gave more than $2.3m to members of Congress and a corporate lobbying group that deny clim

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ExxonMobil gave to members of Congress who deny climate change

ExxonMobil gave more than $2.3m to members of Congress and a corporate lobbying group that deny climate change and block efforts to fight climate change – eight years after pledging to stop its funding of climate denial, the Guardian’s US environment correspondent, Suzanne Goldenberg (@suzyji), reports:

Climate denial – from Republicans in Congress and lobby groups operating at the state level – is seen as a major obstacle to US and global efforts to fight climate change, closing off the possibility of federal and state regulations cutting greenhouse gas emissions and the ability to plan for a future of sea-level rise and extreme weather.

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2. Clinton and Bush account for half of all money disclosed so far

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Clinton and Bush account for half of all money disclosed so far

There’s no suspense attached to the question of who the biggest fundraisers are. “Almost half of the money disclosed so far will benefit just two of the expected 22 candidates,” the AP reports: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jeb Bush.

Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has raised $45 million in checks of $2,700 or less for her campaign. Priorities USA Action, a super PAC that counts on seven-figure donors, raised an additional $15 million.

Bush’s money looks different. Before he officially declared his candidacy, the former Florida governor spent the first six months of the year raising huge sums of money for Right to Rise, a super PAC that’s boosting his bid to win the Republican nomination. That group says it has raised a record $103 million. Bush’s presidential campaign, which officially began on June 15, collected $11.5 million from contributors.

(Priorities USA Action is the Super-PAC that employs the president of the AFT, among others)

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3. Carson’s campaign says it has raised more than $10.4 million, and Sanders has brought in $15 million

Meanwhile, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, a conservative GOP candidate, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a liberal candidate seeking the Democratic nomination, have harnessed grassroots enthusiasm to fill campaign coffers with small donations. Carson’s campaign says it has raised more than $10.4 million, and Sanders has brought in $15 million. Because the money is coming directly to them, they have tighter control over how it is used.

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4. O'Malley reports unofficial $2m figure

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O'Malley reports unofficial $2m figure

Martin O’Malley, the Democratic former governor of Maryland, has told supporters that he raised $2m in the first month of his campaign, the Washington Post reports:

The conference call with O’Malley and aides was described by three donors who participated. They requested anonymity to more freely discuss the call, in which O’Malley also provided an update on other aspects of his long-shot campaign.


(FINALLY someone else gets the long-shot label)

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5. Marco Rubio’s overall take from donors

$44.7 million to his campaign and two outside groups — “includes $15.8 million for a nonprofit that won’t file any public budget information until at least next year and keeps its donors secret,” the Associated Press reports

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6. Jesus,Jeb's Super Pacs are over 100 million already.

He's way,way ahead of everybody including Hillary.

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8. Thanks, Supreme Court!

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10. Yep. Do you know what the "other donations" catagory

means? Why is it separated from "money raised by candidate"?

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14. The WSJ doesn't say, but it lumps them in with Super-PACs

So I'm assuming these are non-profit organizations that raise funds, but aren't classified as a 501(c)(4)


From the WSJ link:

Many candidates have already released their fundraising totals and other selected figures, which starts to form a picture of who’s leading the race for each party’s nomination — in terms of money, Hillary Clinton leads Democrats, and Jeb Bush leads Republicans. But many other details haven’t been disclosed. Moreover, full information about fundraising by groups supporting the campaigns — such as super PACs and nonprofits — have yet to be released, and some have minimal filing requirements. Super PAC data won’t be disclosed until later this month, and other groups won’t have to file anytime soon.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/07/15/what-to-watch-in-presidential-campaigns-quarterly-filings/

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15. Thanks for the link.I asked because Rubio's

numbers are mostly in the "other donations" category,I thought that was strange.

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18. Yeah He's mentioned in post #5. I thought that was a bit shady n/t

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20. I don't know how I missed that post. Very strange. nt

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7. In Graph Form:

:large

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9. Money raised by Super PACs: N/A

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11. Not for sale.

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12. I don't think they're done counting yet.

Wouldn't unions donate through super pacs?

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13. I dunno, but I found this

Bernie Sanders pledges not to accept super PAC support
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/05/10/bernie-sanders-pledges-not-to-accept-super-pac-support/

PACs promote Sanders, whether he likes it or not
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/05/30/pacs-promote-sanders/28159039/

So there's that.

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16. But the only way unions can donate is through super pacs

Unless he just relies on individual contributions from union members.

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17. That's the catch: they don't have to send him money in order to spend it on his behalf

Not much he can do about it.

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27. Yup that's cool to see!

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39. Notice he out-raised ALL the repubs in non-PAC donations/

[Le Taz Hot]

40. Oh, yeah!

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19. LMAO "Republicans have developed doubts about Citizens United v FEC"

Concerns are mounting that huge checks in the GOP primary will hurt the party's chances of taking the White House.

Republicans could barely contain their glee when the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision cleared the way for unlimited spending in political campaigns.
But now — headed into a crowded presidential primary that promises to be longer, nastier and more expensive as a result of the ruling — some are having buyers’ remorse.

Concerns are mounting among top donors and party elites that an influx of huge checks into the GOP primary will hurt the party’s chances of retaking the White House. Long-shot candidates propped up by super PACs and other big-money groups will be able to linger for months throwing damaging barbs at establishment favorites who offer a better chance of victory, the thinking goes.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/revenge-of-citizens-united-120115.html#ixzz3fz2BLzTU

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21. I would love to see bipartisan support against CU.

I'm OK with this.

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22. Me too!!

In fact, I'm going to make it an OP

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23. I'll give it a rec!

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26. Thanks!

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30. Send me the link and I'll kick it!

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37. Thanks! Here you go:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251447237

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29. Me too.

[London Lover Man]

28. Thank Citizen United, kids....

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32. 6 people donating millions = 6 votes

Vs. 56,000,000 individual votes donating $200 or less.

I still have hope that super PAC money doesn't buy every single vote , and actually cannot sway a majority of the voted via misleading ads etc.

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38. That is my hope as well, that it doesn't transfer to votes, and turns people OFF instead.

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24. Chafee raised less than $30,000 in his first quarter as a candidate,

But Chafee has also loaned his campaign $364,000, so it still exists. He is independently wealthy and running on a platform of the US adopting the metric system.

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25. Jeb Bush to release names of campaign bundlers, joining Hillary Clinton

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush plans to voluntarily release the names of fundraisers bundling contributions for his presidential bid, going further than 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

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Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to release the names of her campaign bundlers quarterly beginning with today's FEC filing deadline, officials said. That follows the practice of President Obama, who released information about his top fundraisers in 2008 and 2012.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/07/15/jeb-bush-to-release-names-of-campaign-bundlers-joining-hillary-clinton/

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31. Trump?

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35. I'm not expecting anything from Trump

I'm not sure he has even filed with the FEC, in which case, he isn't really a candidate yet.

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36. Exactly my point...

Is he out already?

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42. He's still yapping, anyway n/t

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44. Here is Trump's filing statement: bragging about his net worth:

https://twitter.com/thegarance/status/621399093710090240/photo/1


This Donald Trump statement on filing an FEC report is a thing to behold.

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47. It's official, he's IN!

There is no way for the Republican party to keep Donald Trump out of the debates now.

On Wednesday afternoon, the outspoken billionaire and reality TV star announced that he had filed a personal financial disclosure with the Federal Election Commission, the last step needed to secure his presence on stage in the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland on 6 August.

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/15/donald-trump-net-worth-10-billion-fec-election?CMP=edit_2221

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33. Rick Perry, who reports 1,069,521.73 in net contributions other than loans

Next to file with the FEC is Rick Perry, who reports 1,069,521.73 in net contributions other than loans.

~60% of the $1.1M Rick Perry's presidential campaign raised in Q2 came from Texans & ~20% from Californians

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34. Perry's campaign paid four security guards. The only woman was paid $25 less

Naturally

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41. Holy crap - Jeb! has over 100 million from SuperPACs.

WTF.

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43. And he's be in third place among repubs without that PAC money

One more reason CU sucks!

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45. 76 % of the $ raised by @BernieSanders came from donations of $200 or less.

.@BernieSanders also transferred $1.5M from his Senate campaign, which is more than @GovernorPerry raised overall.

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46. ...look through the Sanders filing and finds evidence of “broad, grassroots support.”

The Guardian’s Paul Lewis (@paullewis) has a look through the Sanders filing and finds evidence of “broad, grassroots support.” Paul writes:

For true comparisons, we’ll have to wait for all candidates required to file by this deadline to submit their documents. But the submission from Bernie Sanders shows a level of broad, grassroots support that, measured as a ratio of small to large donors, it will be hard for others (Clinton included) to rival. More than three-quarters of his haul - totalling just under $10.5m - came from donors who gave less than $200 in the two months since he announced his White House run.

His campaign - keen to spin the case that his campaign is spurred by grassroots backers rather than big-money donors - released a statement saying more than 284,000 individual donors gave an average contribution of just over $35 each. Or as Sanders put it: “Our campaign is a strong grassroots movement supported by middle-class Americans from working families, not billionaires trying to buy elections.”

Jeb Bush, by comparison, raised just $368,023 from small donors.

Records show that Bernie 2016 has a not-too-shabby cash-on-hand figure, either: $12,161,737.67. That’s more than Bush.