Reply #26: Dean nets $15 million in fourth quarter, trouncing rivals in fund-raising [View All]

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Dean nets $15 million in fourth quarter

==BURLINGTON, Vermont (CNN) -- Democratic presidential hopeful and front-runner Howard Dean raised more than $15 million in the fourth quarter of 2003, his campaign has announced, breaking his previous quarter's total of $14.8 million.

That puts the Dean campaign's total fund raising for 2003 at more than $40 million, as the former governor of Vermont continues his grassroots push, hoping to win the party's nomination for its presidential candidate. (Dean holds nationwide house parties) ==

==Last week, the Wesley Clark campaign told CNN it expected to raise $10 million in the quarter.

Sen. John Edwards anticipated raising $5 million.==

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/01/elec04.prez.dean.fundraising/index.html

Kerry fund-raising to see worst quarter
Aides blame candidate, competition for donors

==By Patrick Healy, Globe Staff | December 31, 2003

HUMBOLDT, Iowa -- After a powerful fund-raising start this year that conferred fleeting front-runner status on his candidacy, Senator John F. Kerry is due to end 2003 with his worst three months of fund-raising, and the blame inside his campaign is falling on both the candidate and the competition for money among the nine Democratic presidential contenders, according to Kerry fund-raisers and campaign aides.==

==One of the two top fund-raisers, a longtime Kerry ally, compared the senator to Edmund S. Muskie -- the former Maine senator who lost the 1972 Democratic nomination despite high expectations -- in noting that Kerry's campaign raised $7 million during the first three months of 2003, yet is expected to net only $2 million to $3 million in the final quarter.

"I'm dying out there," said this Kerry fund-raiser, a veteran Democratic moneyman who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "There was so much excitement about John Kerry early on, and now there's none."

Other fund-raisers say the mood among donors is better than that, and point to the crowded Democratic field as the main reason for Kerry's fall in fund-raising behind Dean. The former Vermont governor is expected to raise more than $14 million in the fourth quarter, his advisers said Monday. The Kerry campaign declined yesterday to estimate its fourth-quarter total; top fund-raisers said they began this last quarter, on Oct. 1, with a $4 million goal, but said it was incrementally reduced over the last three months.==

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/12/31/kerry_fund_raising_to_see_worst_quarter/

wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jul-09-07 09:52 AM
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Putting Q2 Fundraising into perspective

Q2 2003-2004

Howard Dean - $7.6 million
John Kerry - $5.9 million
John Edwards - $4.5 million

THIRD Quarter - 2003 (three months before the actual delegate selection process in Iowa)

Howard Dean - $14.8 million
John Kerry - $4 million
Edwards - $2.1 million

FOURTH Quarter - 2003 (days before Iowa)

Howard Dean - $14 million
John Kerry - $2.1 million

Clearly, "excitement" over Howard Dean, as is being defined by many as money raised and amount of donors, did not translate into votes, nor does it ever.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3364853

Kerry wins Iowa; Gephardt to bow out
Edwards in second place; Dean vows to fight on

==DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- Iowa Democrats upended the race for their party's presidential nomination Monday night, giving Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts a strong victory and dealing an apparently fatal blow to Rep. Dick Gephardt's run for the White House.

John Edwards, a first-term senator from North Carolina, managed a second-place finish, and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, an early favorite in the polls, was left in third place. Gephardt finished a distant fourth.==

==Dean's third-place position in Iowa after being widely viewed as the national front-runner going into the caucuses will likely sap his momentum going into next week's New Hampshire primary. (Full story)==

==Kerry's strong showing could call into question Dean's front-runner status -- as determined by various national polls, fund raising and endorsements -- and it likely elevates the importance of the primary in New Hampshire next Tuesday. (Analysts examine Iowa fallout)==

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/elec04.prez.main/index.html