Republican Rand Paul’s presidential campaign raises $7M

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has raised $7 million for his 2016 presidential bid.

A spokesman for the first-term Republican senator confirmed the fundraising total on Friday, less than a week before presidential candidates must filed their second-quarter numbers with the Federal Election Commission.

Paul’s report doesn’t include money raised by any allied groups.

Paul’s team reports that much of his support came from small-dollar donors, a sign of grassroots support. Spokesman Sergio Gor says more than 108,000 individual donors gave money to the campaign.

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