Donald Trump’s campaign has less cash than a bunch of Massachusetts politicians’
In terms of available cash, Donald Trump’s 50-state presidential campaign is about on par with Karyn Polito’s campaign for Lieutenant governor.
That is not a great sign for the businessman.
Trump’s campaign had just $1.3 million in cash on hand at the beginning of June, according to documents from the Federal Elections Commission released on Monday night. That number was dwarfed by Hillary Clinton’s $42 million in cash, and the difference threatens to put Trump at a stark disadvantage in terms of TV advertising, campaign workers, and get out the vote operations.
In fact, Trump’s cash total is basically comparable to statewide and congressional candidates from the Commonwealth, as Politico Massachusetts reports.
Using data from the FEC and OCPF websites, here’s a list of Massachusetts officials with about as much or more cash to spend than the Republican presidential nominee.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren had $3.6 million in cash as of March 31.
- Sen. Ed Markey had $1.9 million in cash as of March 31.
- Rep. Joe Kennedy III had $2.2 million in cash as of March 31.
- Gov. Charlie Baker had $3.6 million in cash as of June 15.
- Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito had $1.5 million in cash as of June 15.
Trump’s issue isn’t just in a low cash total, as he has also comparatively failed to fundraise on par with the Clinton machine. Trump raised just $3.1 million in contributions over the month of May, and he loaned his campaign another $2.2 million. Clinton, in contrast, raked in a total of $26.4 million over the same time period.
The FEC filings also show that Trump raised just over $16,000 from 66 Massachusetts donors in May.
Trump’s final primary competitors, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, dropped out of the race on May 3, providing Trump a clear path in the fundraising department. The filings released on Monday night show he had largely failed to capitalize in May.
But hey, at least he has more cash than frequent critic Rep. Seth Moulton, who had $1.1 million in cash as of March 31. So Trump’s got that going for him. Which is nice.
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