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O'Rourke Campaign Press Release - Beto O'Rourke Raises More Than $13 Million and Meets the DNC's Unique Donor Requirement for Fall Debates During the Four Months Since Launching Presidential Campaign

July 15, 2019

Beto's campaign added more than $3.6 million in Q2 with an average donation of $30, without a dime from PACs, corporations or federal lobbyists

EL PASO, TEXAS -- Beto O'Rourke raised more than $13 million during the first four months of his presidential campaign from nearly 200,000 donors across the country. His more than $3.6 million in Q2 came from 119,888 contributions with an average donation of $30.

Beto has officially met the DNC's 130,000 unique donor requirement for the fall primary debates. Relying on small-dollar donations and with teachers, nurses, and students across the nation as the top contributors by occupation, 98% of the contributions made during Q2 were below $200. A full 99% of the Q2 fundraising came in online. The campaign received donations from every single state and D.C. during the three month FEC reporting period.

Signaling growing grassroots support, nearly half -- 48% -- of the contributors who pitched in during Q2 were new donors to Beto's presidential campaign.

Beto O'Rourke, O'Rourke Campaign Press Release - Beto O'Rourke Raises More Than $13 Million and Meets the DNC's Unique Donor Requirement for Fall Debates During the Four Months Since Launching Presidential Campaign Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/365481

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