McCain 15million vs. Obama 40 million and Hillary 20 million.
Monday, April 7th, 2008Sen. John McCain raised more than $15 million in March for his presidential campaign, more than any month since he started running. It’s way short of his democratic rivals.
He is returning $3 million in donations given for the General election but contributors are being asked to resend the money to his legal fund (see “McCain and the Money” April 4th post). A source says the money was raised primarily from large donors but he did receive $3.2 million from internet and small donations.
Obama raised $40 million for his primary race in March, the majority of which came from small donors. Clinton raised $20 million.
Taken together various steps and utterances from McCain insiders over the last few weeks make it clear he intends to accept taxpayer funded matching funds for the general election.
The FEC check will be about 85 million dollars.
