Joe Biden fundraisers see millions of dollars in new commitments with Super Tuesday surge

[RandySF]

Former Vice President Joe Biden went into Super Tuesday with fewer financial resources than other candidates. But he will be in much better shape by the end of the night.

Bundlers loyal to Biden are seeing dozens of new donors, several maxing out with the top allowable $2,800, as he picks up victories in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama, and other states, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. These people declined to be named because these developments were yet to be announced.

Biden fundraising events started to sell out early in the night, the people added.

Biden’s fundraising success on Tuesday will be a key to his efforts to win the Democratic Party’s nomination to take on President Donald Trump in November. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who was ahead of Biden in the delegate count going into Super Tuesday, raised $46.5 million in the month of February. Biden, meanwhile, raised $18 million over that same time period and another $5 million just days after his dominant victory in Saturday’s South Carolina primary.

Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, a billionaire worth about $60 billion, has said he will not be dropping out in the near future, making Biden’s fundraising success on Tuesday even more critical.



https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/super-tuesday-joe-biden-fundraisers-see-surge-in-new-donor-commitments.html

[NBachers]

1. The money we donate now will pave Joe's way to the nomination, and on to the Presidency.

I just work a little retail hardware store job at the age of almost 71, but I'm donating hard and frequently. The stakes are too high to sit this one out.

[Cha]

2. Thank You, Bachers! James Costos Former Amb to Spain..

and evidently fundraiser extraordinaire.. decided on Biden the night Before South Carolina.. wow did he make a good call!!

"I’ve supported several of the candidates who have been up on the debate stage with him,” Costos said. “Now this has come to a point where this in my hometown. And I need to go ahead and support Joe Biden.”

Costos said two issues in particular drove him to back Biden in the race: Biden’s commitment to fighting piracy in the entertainment industry, which he witnessed while serving as ambassador to Spain, and Biden’s early endorsement of gay marriage in 2012.

Link to tweet

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/28/joe-biden-hollywood-fundraiser-118192

[calimary]

3. Just donated.