Tom Perriello Raises More Than $4 Million, In Strong Position for Primary Campaigns Final Days

Source: Blue Virginia

Today, Tom Perriello’s Democratic campaign for governor announced that it had raised more than $4 million in 2017. Despite just entering the race in January, while Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has been a candidate since early 2015, Tom has brought in $4.09 million from 21,567 individual contributions, underscoring the strength of his rapidly-growing grassroots campaign. Last week alone demonstrates how the grassroots momentum is with Tom at this pivotal moment of the campaign: it was the campaign’s best online fundraising week so far, raising more than $255,000 online from 5,934 individual contributions for an average of $43.

With just nine days left, Tom’s campaign is well-positioned to win the June 13 primary, with close to three-quarters of a million dollars on-hand. For recent historical perspective, at the same juncture of the 2009 Democratic gubernatorial primary, Creigh Deeds—the eventual nominee—had $525,755 on hand, while Brian Moran had $707,237 on hand. Tom has also brought in nearly three times what Deeds did during the same fundraising period in 2009’s primary—$1.87 million to $678,000.

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