$7 million in 3 months, Richardson aides say
Posted on June 30th, 2007 by rmccoy
June 30, 2007 (Chicago Tribune) Aides to Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Friday he had raised at least $7 million over the past three months, showing sustained financial momentum despite questions about whether he can break through in a campaign dominated by three major candidates in his party.
The Richardson campaign slightly accelerated the pace of fundraising since the first three months of the year, when the New Mexico governor reported raising $6.2 million.
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[…] After not following things very closely for that amount of time there were several story lines that caught my attention. One of the most surprising was the strong campaign that Bill Richardson is running. He’s up in the polls, raised more money Q2 over Q1 despite the staggering amounts being raised by the “top-tier” Democratic candidates. Of course the eye popping amount of money raised by Barack Obama was a surprise, but the even bigger surprise was that despite the great fundraising efforts by the Obama camp, Hillary Clinton has not only maintained her lead but has widened the gap between her and Obama. […]