Rubio Raises $4.5 Million
Politico reports on Marco Rubio's impressive fundraising numbers:
Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio raised $4.5 million in the second quarter of 2010, his Senate campaign announced Monday, bringing the onetime insurgent candidate's receipts for the cycle to more than $11 million.
The haul surpasses Rubio's huge first-quarter take of $3.6 million and sets a new national record for this cycle, blowing past the $4.3 million mark previously set by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
A spokesman for Rubio said the candidate's cash-on-hand figure was not yet available, but the campaign boasted that more than 75,000 people have donated nearly $11 million over the course of Rubio's entire bid. The former state legislator has taken in $1.3 million online, in a sign of grassroots support for his candidacy.
Crist, who left the GOP to run for Senate as an independent after Rubio mounted an unexpectedly strong primary challenge, has not released his total receipts for the period between April and the end of June. On the Democratic side, Rep. Kendrick Meek brought in $1.1 million for his campaign and billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene has pumped millions of his own cash into a campaign for the Democratic nomination.
