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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton to begin collecting general election cash
Politico:With Hillary Clinton poised to become the presumptive Democratic nominee next Tuesday, her campaign is preparing to begin actively soliciting general election funds for the first time on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with her campaigns planning.
The move will amount to a potentially massive and immediate infusion of cash into Clinton's campaign, which announced this week that it had more than $42 million cash-on-hand as of the end of May.
Clinton has nearly 30,000 donors who have contributed the legal maximum of $2,700 for the primary through the end of April, according to Federal Election Commission records. If all of those contributors cut same maximum-sized checks for the general election she could raise another $80 million from them.
The decision to begin collecting general election funds, which Clinton has actively avoided for more than year, is yet another sign that even as Bernie Sanders remains in the Democratic race, Clinton is turning her attention fully to taking on Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee. She delivered a blistering speech in San Diego on Thursday warning that his election would be a historic mistake.
The move will amount to a potentially massive and immediate infusion of cash into Clinton's campaign, which announced this week that it had more than $42 million cash-on-hand as of the end of May.
Clinton has nearly 30,000 donors who have contributed the legal maximum of $2,700 for the primary through the end of April, according to Federal Election Commission records. If all of those contributors cut same maximum-sized checks for the general election she could raise another $80 million from them.
The decision to begin collecting general election funds, which Clinton has actively avoided for more than year, is yet another sign that even as Bernie Sanders remains in the Democratic race, Clinton is turning her attention fully to taking on Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee. She delivered a blistering speech in San Diego on Thursday warning that his election would be a historic mistake.
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brooklynite
Jun 2016
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My only contributions so far have been to the O'Malley campaign and to retire his debt...
Peacetrain
Jun 2016
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Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)1. My only contributions so far have been to the O'Malley campaign and to retire his debt...
As soon as we have a presumptive nominee.. and it is going to be Hillary from all the numbers I can see.. I will contribute then.. and hopefully we can push the trump off the back of the truck..
brooklynite
(94,571 posts)5. O'Malley had debt? What did he spend his money on?
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)7. He did not have a lot of funds to begin with..
we were a shirt tail organization .. not enough for one commerical on TV that I ever saw.. but plenty from Sanders and Clinton..they filled the airways.. even a small campaign garners debt in renting offices etc ..
LuvLoogie
(7,003 posts)2. thank you
grasswire
(50,130 posts)3. come on California!! nt
onenote
(42,703 posts)6. What exactly do you expect to happen in California that will change the ultimate result
Do you think Sanders will win enough delegates there to reach 2026? Do you think he'll also win NJ and NM and PR?
frylock
(34,825 posts)8. It will help to make it all the harder for the party to parachute in their preferred candidate..
after Hillary has to drop out due to legal issues.