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Feb. 29, 2020
The $2 Billion Democratic Primary Campaign
Receipts and Disbursements Through Feb. 29, 2020
In their March 2020 FEC filings (covering through Feb. 29), the campaigns of 25 major Democratic candidates reported total receipts of $2.06 billion dollars and total disbursements of $1.93 billion dollars. Self funders Bloomberg and Steyer accounted for over half of the totals. Individual contributions to the 25 Democrats totaled an impressive $708.4 million. At this point in the campaign there were still six active candidates (Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Klobuchar and Warren), although Buttigieg and Klobuchar dropped out in the next couple of days. Spending by the remaining candidates on Super Tuesday and subsequent March contests will bolster the figures. As the second table below shows super PACs were not much of a factor.2020 Presidential Primary Campaigns
Receipts and Disbursements
Apr. 1, 2017 - Feb. 29, 2020 (Source: Federal Election Commission)
Candidate |
Date Expl./Annc. Date Ended |
Individual
Contributions |
Transfers Cand. Contribs. |
Loans |
Total
Receipts |
Total
Disburse. |
Cash On Hand / Debts & Oblig. |
Bennet |
May 2, 2019 Feb. 11, 2020 |
$6,795,438.42 |
$700,000.00 |
– | $7,514,200.85 |
$7,297,123.18 |
$217,077.67 – |
Biden |
Apr. 25, 2019 - |
$87,787,512.86 |
– | – | $88,049,799.51 |
$75,953,602.06 |
$12,098,449.55 – |
Bloomberg |
Nov. 24, 2019 - |
$851,404.19 |
c$935,360,675.56 |
$936,225,041.67 |
$875,593,429.93 |
$60,631,611.74 $30,774,855.28 |
|
Booker |
Feb. 1, 2019 Jan. 13, 2020 |
$22,780,205.91 | $2,725,000.00 | – |
$25,962,122.67 | $24,977,716.42 | $983,406.25 $829,093.73 |
Bullock |
May 14, 2019 Dec. 2, 2019 |
$5,489,527.10 |
– | – | $5,507,472.85 |
$5,384,711.23 |
$122,761.62 – |
Buttigieg |
Jan. 23, 2019 - |
$100,768,932.47 |
– | – | $101,548,829.91 |
$91,249,366.17 |
$10,299,463.74 – |
Castro* |
Dec. 19, 2018 Jan. 2, 2020 |
$10,264,194.12 | $82.43 | – | $10,302,020.18 | $9,740,366.56 | $561,653.62 – |
de
Blasio |
May 16, 2019 Sept. 20, 2019 |
$1,423,236.82 | – | – | $1,423,275.97 |
$1,416,841.10 | $6,434.87 $30,350.90 |
Delaney |
July 28, 2017 Jan. 31, 2020 |
$2,583,135.65 | – | $25,245,000.00 | $29,332,454.44 | $29,381,695.33 | $14,811.07 $11,408,250.00 |
Gabbard |
Jan. 11, 2019 - |
$11,997,889.32 | $2,500,000.00 | – | $14,652,639.40 |
$13,546,237.00 | $1,106,402.40 $490,858.71 |
Gillibrand |
Jan. 15, 2019 Aug. 28, 2019 |
$6,278,789.63 |
$9,600,000.00 | – | $15,951,194.15 |
$14,491,888.40 |
$1,459,305.75 – |
Harris |
Jan. 21, 2019 Dec. 3, 2019 |
$39,250,661.07 |
$1,202,493.70 | – | $40,885,175.80 |
$39,650,361.87 |
$1,244,813.93 $1,073,364.92 |
Hickenlooper |
Mar. 4, 2019 Aug. 15, 2019 |
$3,352,659.26 | – | $75,000.00 | $3,509,495.14 | $3,509,495.14 | – – |
Inslee |
Mar. 1, 2019 Aug. 21, 2019 |
$6,911,292.42 | – | – | $6,936,980.20 | $6,886,749.57 | $50,230.63 – |
Klobuchar |
Feb. 11, 2019 - |
$49,558,041.83 | $3,575,275.00 | – | $53,218,488.04 | $47,955,810.24 | $5,262,677.80 – |
Moulton |
May 7, 2019 Aug. 23, 2019 |
$1,497,825.26 | $692,616.33 | $40,000.00 | $2,288,714.50 | $2,285,578.10 | $3,136.40 $215,570.86 |
O'Rourke |
Mar. 14, 2019 Nov. 1, 2019 |
$18,448,112.05 | – | – | $18,469,647.87 | $18,130,663.27 | $338,984.60 $10,825.00 |
Ryan |
Apr. 4, 2019 Oct. 24, 2019 |
$1,285,074.27 | – | – | $1,341,246.39 | $1,340,942.63 | $303.76 – |
Sanders |
Jun. 22, 2019 Feb. 19, 2019 |
$168,542,740.16 | $12,701,500.00 |
– | $181,765,434.67 | $163,072,688.94 | $18,693,556.75 – |
Sestak |
July 1, 2019 Dec. 1, 2019 |
$440,126.63 | – | – | $449,344.58 |
$445,767.92
|
$3,576.66 – |
Steyer |
July 9, 2019 Feb. 29, 2020 |
$3,719,360.85 | c$315,647,194.77 | $23,811,360.38 | $344,060,366.34 | $339,468,926.63 | $4,591,556.89 $24,000.00 |
Swalwell |
Apr. 8, 2019 July 8, 2019 |
$892,372.51 | $1,700,000.00 |
– | $2,604,856.44 | $2,604,856.44 | – – |
Warren |
Feb. 9, 2019 - |
$110,900,164.26 | $10,415,000.00 | $400,000.00 | $122,479,817.00 | $111,352,507.77 | $11,127,309.23 $302,461.74 |
Williamson |
Feb. 4, 2019 Jan. 10, 2020 |
$8,206,619.96 | – | – | $8,214,872.08 | $8,095,501.45 | $119,370.63 $222,022.84 |
Yang* |
Nov. 6, 2017 Feb. 11, 2020 |
$38,417,536.63 | – | – | $38,462,305.58 | $34,502,603.93 | $3,506,936.13 $2,010.00 |
Dem. Total |
$708,442,853.65 |
$2,061,155,796.23 |
$1,928,335,431.28 |
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Trump |
Jan. 20, 2017 - |
$65,490,924.00 | $97,461,373.00 | – | $164,381,668.86 |
$89,247,280.21 | $94,427,289.85 $439,116.49 |
Matern |
Nov. 2019 - |
$54,113.33 |
– |
$757,521.28 | $811,634.61 |
$809,572.73 |
$2,061.88
$814,550.71
|
Sanford |
Sept. 18, 2019 Nov. 12, 2019 |
$94,287.42 |
– |
– |
$107,484.68 |
$108,932.20 |
$1,327,791.37 |
Walsh |
Aug. 25, 2019 Feb. 7, 2020 |
$184,102.00
|
$5,802.87
|
$315,000.00 |
$504,905.11 | $502,963.78 |
$1,941.33 $332,225.24 |
Weld |
Apr. 1, 2019 - |
$1,757,676.61 |
– | $250,800.00 |
$2,036,683.84 | $1,982,595.53 |
$54,088.31 $250,800.00 |
Notes:
- Individual contributions is line 17(a)(iii) on the FEC reports.
- On Mar. 11, Castro changed his committee to People First Future. The numbers above are from the Feb. 2020 report.
- As of April 4, the FEC does not show a Mar. 2020 report for the Yang campaign. Numbers are from the Feb. 2020 report.
- Sanford started out with $1,354,344.14 from his congressional campaign committee.
- Individual contributions is line 17(a)(iii) on the FEC reports.
- On Mar. 11, Castro changed his committee to People First Future. The numbers above are from the Feb. 2020 report.
- As of April 4, the FEC does not show a Mar. 2020 report for the Yang campaign. Numbers are from the Feb. 2020 report.
- Sanford started out with $1,354,344.14 from his congressional campaign committee.
Super PACs Supporting
Democratic Candidates
(Candidate
Supporting) |
Total
Receipts |
Total
Disbursements |
Indep.
Expenditures |
Unite the Country
(Biden) |
$12,108,633.00 | $10,711,917.49 | $9,056,715.72 |
United We Win
(Booker) |
$1,175,000.00 | $1,110,333.85 | $936,743.50 |
Act Now on Climate
(Inslee) |
$2,150,947.71 | $2,150,947.71 |
$1,780,487.94 |
Kitchen Table
Conversations PAC (Klobuchar) |
? |
? |
? |
Reason to Believe PAC (Patrick) |
? |
? |
? |
Persist PAC
(Warren) |
$15,146,637.00 | $14,785,386.22 | $14,784,334.00 |
Math PAC
(Yang) |
$265,497.00 | $247,282.62 | $199,200.70 |