Donald Trump Steps Up Fund-Raising for His Campaign to $26 Million in June
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Version 0 of 1. Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said on Wednesday that he had raised $26 million for his campaign in June, a substantial improvement from his paltry May total but one that still leaves him far behind his rival, Hillary Clinton. The donations came from 400,000 supporters, including a $3.8 million contribution made by Mr. Trump to his own campaign. The candidate also raised $25 million for Trump Victory, a joint venture with the Republican National Committee that is being used to help elect Republicans across the country, putting his overall haul for the month at $51 million. Mr. Trump, a self-proclaimed billionaire, has so far contributed $55 million to his campaign, and he has said that he will not seek to be reimbursed for those funds. Mr. Trump stepped up his fund-raising efforts last month after raising just $1.3 million in May. Mrs. Clinton raised $40 million for her campaign in June and another $28 million for the Democratic National Committee and state parties. “We just started our fund-raising efforts in the last week of May and we are extremely pleased with the broad-based support in the last five weeks for the Trump Campaign and Trump Victory,” Steven Mnuchin, the campaign’s finance chairman, said in a statement. The Trump campaign did not reveal how much cash it has on hand, and its announcement did not make clear how some of the funds would be disbursed to various committees. While Mr. Trump has demonstrated an ability to raise money from his legion of supporters, he continues to struggle to keep pace with the previous general election cycle. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, raised $100 million for his campaign and the party in June of that year. |