DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 1 (UPI) — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders raised almost $34 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 and another $20 million in January alone.
Sanders raised a total of $73 million in 2015, most of it in smaller amounts of $200 or less.
His rival, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, raised a total of $112 million in 2015, with George Soros giving $6 million to her super PAC. Her campaign raised $37 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, but spent most of it. However, in January, her super PACs raised a whopping $56 million.
On the GOP side, the super PACs for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz raised only $3.8 million in the second half of 2015, but spent $9.2 million. But the Cruz campaign did well, raising $20.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, ending the year with $18.7 million cash on hand.
At the same time, billionaire Donald Trump, who is essentially self-financing his campaign, loaned himself $12 million in late 2015 and took in another $2 million in donations.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, whose super PAC Right to Rise had raised a stunning $103 million in the first half of 2015 in what was seen as an attempt overwhelm the other candidates in the field and designate Bush as the clear front-runner, raised only $15.1 million in the second half of 2015, $10 million of it from an insurance agency operator headed by the former CEO of AIG, Hank Greenberg.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. has been on the upswing with rising finances and rising poll numbers. Little of the $14 million he’s raised has been spent and if he finishes third in Iowa, he could be in a good position going into New Hampshire, South Carolina and the other early-voting states.
Several candidates appear to be limping into Iowa. Chris Christie‘s campaign has barely $1 million in cash on hand. Former Democratic Governor of Maryland Martin O’ Malley’s campaign is $500,000 in debt.
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