Year-to-Date, Gillespie Campaign Raises $4.1 Million
Including Donations from 47 Donors who had Previously Given to Mark Warner
LORTON – The Ed Gillespie for Senate Campaign announced today that it raised $1.9 million in the second quarter, bringing its fundraising in the first two quarters to $4.1 million. The campaign reported $3.1 million cash on hand at the end of the second quarter. The campaign brought in 3,305 new donors in the second quarter. Gillespie received contributions from 47 donors who had previously given to Mark Warner. In the first two quarters, 3,293 of the campaign’s donors were from Virginia, including donors from 123 of Virginia’s 133 Counties & Independent Cities.
Speaking about the announcement, campaign manager Chris Leavitt said, “The Gillespie campaign continues to build momentum as more and more voters compare Mark Warner’s record of voting 97 percent of the time with President Obama and Ed Gillespie’s agenda for economic growth. The $4.1 million raised by the campaign to-date puts the campaign among the top non-incumbent Republican campaigns, and positions it well to get Ed’s positive message out to voters.”
Leavitt continued, “After a unifying convention June 7 in Roanoke, Republicans have coalesced around Ed Gillespie and are sharing his Economic Growth Agenda in every community. In just the last week, Ed has participated in the Filipino-American Friendship Day, knocked doors in Virginia Beach, met with veterans in Yorktown, participated in an interfaith Iftar in Alexandria and met with coal miners in Dickenson County.”
“We got news that the GDP contracted 2.9 percent in the first quarter, but Virginians already knew that the policies of Mark Warner and President Obama aren’t helping them. They’re facing the lowest labor force participation rate in decades, gas prices that have nearly doubled since Mark Warner took office, fewer hours at work because of Obamacare, skyrocketing health care costs and an Administration that is trying to double-down on policies that make these problems worse.”
“Mark Warner hasn’t been the Senator for Virginia he said he would be, which is one reason 47 donors who had previously given to him are now supporting Ed Gillespie. They know we need a check on President Obama, not the blank check that Mark Warner has been.”
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