Sanders' spending surges in Iowa

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/11/22/sanders-spending-surges-iowa/76130676/

Brianne Pfannenstiel and Jeffrey C. Kummer, DesMoines 3:27 p.m. CST November 22, 2015

Bernie Sanders more than quadrupled his spending in Iowa during the third quarter, pouring almost a half-million dollars into the state.

He still falls short of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in terms of total spending this cycle, but Sanders' third-quarter spending represents a surge for him as he continues to challenge Clinton for front-runner status in the race for the Democratic nomination.

“The second quarter was when we actually started the campaign,” said Robert Becker, Iowa campaign director for Sanders, a Vermont U.S. senator. “So we’ve gone from the first of June, I think we had three organizers on the ground here and one office. Now we’ve got I think 73 people on the ground and 21 field offices. So it’s a natural progression of the growth of the campaign.”

Clinton boasts a similar Iowa footprint in numbers of staff and offices, plus 100 part-time "fall fellows."

In the second quarter (April through June), Sanders’ campa

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Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders gestures while speaking at the Democratic presidential debate Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at Sheslow Auditorium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
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