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Here is a summary of Fred?s June fundraising numbers. On the fundraisers, the two that were for his candidacy were the ones held in Nashville and Los Angeles. Every other appearance did not go towards his campaign. Here are the basic outlines:
75% (6,888) of the contributors gave less than $200.
Time covered: June 1-30
Total Raised: $3,462,355.05
Total expenses: $625,745.97
Biggest Single Expense: Web hardware $66,750
Payroll total (including taxes): $106,852
Burn rate: 18.0%
Fundraising events included: 2
Number of donors: 9,167
Avg. contribution: $369.87
Number of online donors: 7,534
Total online donations: $771,783
Number of donors under $200 (small donors): 6,888
Contributions came from 50 states and D.C
Some of his prominent doners (Source1, Source2):
Peyton Manning!- The Two time NFL MVP, 7 time Pro Bowler, and Super Bowl winning Quarterback from the University of Tennessee gave the maximum amount of $2300
John M. Dowd ? a Washington, D.C., attorney and former John McCain backer ? donated $2,300 (his wife Carol Dowd donate the same amount)
Eugene Volokh ? prominent UCLA law professor and libertarian blogger ? donated $750
Al D’Amato ? a former New York senator who endorsed Mr. Thompson on NY1 earlier this year ? donated $2,300
Douglas J. Feith ? a former undersecretary of defense and architect of the Iraq war ? donated $2,300
Kirby Wilbur ? prominent conservative Washington State radio host ? donated $2,300
Fred Malek- president of Thayer Capital Partners and a huge fundraising poobah, and one of Sen. John McCain’s finance chairmen
Mack Mattingly- former senator from Georgia who endorsed Thompson
Johnnie Byrd- former Florida House Speaker and 2004 Senate candidate
Wapo?s Chris Calliza added this, which I think is a fair assessment:
Overall, Thompson’s numbers are just fine for a first month of fundraising… His take is probably not good enough to remove him from the morass of bad publicity. But, his cash haul is also far from determinative when calculating Thompson’s chances at the nomination.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Now if it was Don Mattingley instead of Mack I would be impressed. Don was awesome.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:02 pm
That’s a heck of a lot of rich Law and Order fans! Run Fred, Run! Let’s see where you stand, and let’s see if you will fall! We all want to get to know you, come out and play!
July 31st, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Now if it was Don Mattingley instead of Mack I would be impressed. Don was awesome.
For once, we agree.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I actually saw Donny Baseball at starbucks recently.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Douglas Feith……architect of the Iraq war. The NEOCONS are coming!
July 31st, 2007 at 9:38 pm
I’m a huge fan of Eugene Volokh, and the Volokhconspiracy, so that’s certainly a positive for Fred. Although, Volokh diverges enough from orthodox judicially conservative thought that he probably wouldn’t be particularly helpful on a judicial advisory committee.
July 31st, 2007 at 9:42 pm
What’s the Volokhconspiracy?
July 31st, 2007 at 9:55 pm
A libertarian-leaning law blog. http://volokh.com/ I’m not a lawyer, and I’ve taken a grand total of 2 constitutional law classes under grad so far, so I don’t really post there much. But, it makes for truly fascinating reading for anyone remotely interested in the law. All the contributors are simply top-notch.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Matt,
I checked it out. It looks interesting.
Thanks.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Have any of them also given to another candidate especially when the max is $2300.
July 31st, 2007 at 10:51 pm
It’s a deviation, but you may want to read this: http://www.reliablepolitics.com/2007/07/will-california-play-spoiler-to.html
July 31st, 2007 at 10:54 pm
http://nationaljournal.com/racerankings/wh08/republicans/index.htm
Worthy of a post tonight?
July 31st, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Disclaimer: This is just for fun, not scientific, etc.
Dick Armey over at Freedomworks.org has a straw poll running through 8/2.
So far…Ron Paul 4539 (54.1%)..Fred Thompson…1409 (16.8%)…Duncan Hunter…687 (8.2%)
August 1st, 2007 at 7:46 am
Nusrat,
#4 That’s cool, did you get his autograph?
August 1st, 2007 at 7:56 am
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August 1st, 2007 at 11:09 am
Jason YOU ROCK! Go Yankees!