Ron Paul’s Second Quarter Fundraising Creates Separation
Ron Paul's second quarter fundraising helped to separate him from the other second tier candidates, and his prudent financial management moved his campaign into the top tier in net cash on hand, according to FEC filings and news wire reports.
Ron Paul had ranked sixth in first-quarter fundraising despite a late start, but passed Brownback and Tancredo in the second quarter to move into position to become a serious contender. Fred Thompson has not filed any fundraising results, since he is officially just "testing the waters." Jim Gilmore has already dropped out of the race, and lackluster results are reportedly raising concerns for McCain, Brownback, and Huckabee, while Hunter and Tommy Thompson are also lagging. Next month's Iowa straw poll could thin the field a little more.
Ron Paul's total is remarkable, if you believed the early media reports that he was a "fringe candidate" who was "little known outside his home state." He has raised more than three well-known Republican governors (Huckabee, Thompson, and Gilmore), more than a prominent, socially conservative Senator (Brownback), and more than his two fellow Representatives (Hunter and Tancredo), who supposedly had higher national profiles.
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Net Cash on Hand, 6/30/07
$18.3M -- Rudy Giuliani
$3.2M -- Mitt Romney
$2.4M -- Ron Paul
$1.4M -- John McCain
$0.6M -- Tom Tancredo
$0.5M -- Sam Brownback
$0.4M -- Mike Huckabee
$0.2M -- Duncan Hunter
$0.0M -- Tommy Thompson
Second Quarter Fundraising
$17.5M -- Rudy Giuliani
$14.0M -- Mitt Romney
$13.3M -- John McCain
$2.4M -- Ron Paul
$1.5M -- Tom Tancredo
$1.4M -- Sam Brownback
$0.8M -- Mike Huckabee
$0.8M -- Duncan Hunter
$0.5M -- Tommy Thompson
Ron Paul had ranked sixth in first-quarter fundraising despite a late start, but passed Brownback and Tancredo in the second quarter to move into position to become a serious contender. Fred Thompson has not filed any fundraising results, since he is officially just "testing the waters." Jim Gilmore has already dropped out of the race, and lackluster results are reportedly raising concerns for McCain, Brownback, and Huckabee, while Hunter and Tommy Thompson are also lagging. Next month's Iowa straw poll could thin the field a little more.
Ron Paul's total is remarkable, if you believed the early media reports that he was a "fringe candidate" who was "little known outside his home state." He has raised more than three well-known Republican governors (Huckabee, Thompson, and Gilmore), more than a prominent, socially conservative Senator (Brownback), and more than his two fellow Representatives (Hunter and Tancredo), who supposedly had higher national profiles.
