Rand Paul Raises Big Dollars From Small Donors

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Rand Paul Raises Big Dollars From Small Donors

by Russ Choma on April 25, 2014 3:59 PM

For a man who isn't running for office, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) sure raised a lot of money over the last three months -- and sent a lot of mail.

According to his campaign's first quarter filings, Paul raised $1.2 million in the first three months of 2014, despite not having another election until 2016. That's almost three times as much as he raised in the first quarter of last year, and the second best fundraising quarter of his relatively young political career.

Paul does seem to have presidential ambitions, yet compared with others in that category, he's still doing well. He raised about $1 million more than Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), another possible GOP contender. But then again, he also spent far more than Rubio. Where Rubio's campaign spent $139,000 in the first quarter of the year, Paul's spent $559,000. Rubio's campaign committee has just a bit more cash on hand than Paul's, $2.4 million to Paul's $2.3 million.

Paul appears to be in full campaign mode. His biggest expense over the last three months? Postage. He spent at least $264,475 on postage, which, depending on the postage rates, represents between 800,000 and one million postcards or mailers.

A New York Times profile today detailed Paul's attempts to court large-dollar donors, but Doug Stafford, the executive director of RAND PAC, said that the number of mailers showed the campaign was still making a concerted effort to reach small donors.

"The mail is both to people who have donated to him before, and looking for new people," Stafford said. "I think our motto on that is: 'By any means necessary.' Phones, mail, internet, we do it all aggressively."

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[menciusmoldbug]

Very encouraging to read this, should save the link for whenever a leftist tries to call Rand a corporate tool, Koch puppet, etc.

 

[Warlord]

Very encouraging to read this, should save the link for whenever a leftist tries to call Rand a corporate tool, Koch puppet, etc.

Totally lame to try and paint him anything like that.

 

[menciusmoldbug]

Totally lame to try and paint him anything like that.

Agree, but that won't stop them. Hell, they've already started.

 

[satchelmcqueen]

when he officially announces i will be donating. we must make this man president!

 

[Vastroc]

Postage is his biggest expense....what a waste. Every time he sends me physical mail, I toss it into the garbage. I get constant email updates from him and search out information about him on the internet.

I send money when I feel it is needed already. How many of the people who follow Rand on the internet are getting this wasted postage? There really needs to be an online opt out of physical mailings for those on his donation lists.

 

[Shane Harris]

I can't help but feel very optimistic about this man's chances of becoming president. That CO poll (being a swing state) is very encouraging as well.