WOW! Kerry's May Fundraising Numbers DOUBLE Bush's

[newsguyatl]

Kerry May fundraising: $26 million (source: Kerry campaign release)
BC04 May fundraising: $13.2 million (source: CNN review of Bush campaign donor database)

Kerry Total raised thru 5/31/04: $140 million (source: Kerry campaign release)
BC04 Total raised thru 5/31/04: $215 million (source: CNN review of Bush campaign donor database; FEC)

* May marks the 3rd consecutive month that the Kerry campaign has outraised the Bush campaign, HOWEVER, the Bush campaign announced earlier this year that they have met their fundraising goals and are now concentrating on raising funds for the party and for other candidates
* Bush continues to set the overall campaign fundraising record
* Kerry has broken Bush's 2000 record for money raised by a non-incumbent ($100 million), HOWEVER, the contribution limit has doubled since 2000

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For Immediate Release

June 16, 2004



Contact: Michael Meehan, 202-464-2800



Kerry Raises $100 Million in Just Three Months, Topping Bush for Third Straight Month, Doubling Bush for May

Grassroots Fundraising Accounts for 75 Percent of Totals

Washington, DC - Democratic candidate for President John Kerry today announced he has raised over $100 million in the three months since the Super Tuesday primaries on March 2nd. Kerry raised at least $26 million in May, bringing his total for the three months to over $100 million and reaching the campaign's 2004 goal of $100 million nearly 2 months early.

Shattering all grassroots fundraising records, 75 percent of the funds Kerry has raised since Super Tuesday have been from grassroots fundraising - online $44 million, direct mail and phones $31 million. The average grassroots contribution at johnkerry.com was $108, the average via direct mail and phones was about $70.

For the third straight month, Kerry out raised Bush. May's Kerry Campaign total was more than double the Bush-Cheney campaign's May total of $13 million. Kerry beat Bush's total by $15 million in April ($31 million to $16 million) and by over $17 million in March, when the Kerry campaign raised $43.4 million. The Kerry Campaign has receipts for well over $140 million for the presidential primary cycle, breaking Bush's 2000 record for a non-incumbent, according to the FEC report Kerry will file on June 20th.

"When John Kerry essentially secured the Democratic nomination on Super Tuesday, the Bush campaign immediately launched a negative attack campaign, declaring that within 90 days they would 'bury' our campaign," said Mary Beth Cahill, Kerry campaign manager. "I'm happy to report that 90 days later, they failed. The Bush campaign has spent $80 million in negative ads while the Kerry campaign is stronger than ever.

"In just three months, 800,000 Americans have contributed over $100 million to John Kerry's run for the White House, responding in record-breaking numbers to John Kerry's positive vision to create jobs and grow the American economy."

The Kerry Campaign raised over $20 million from grassroots fundraising in May from over 230,000 contributions. The Kerry campaign raised over $9 million online in May and raised over $10 million from direct mail and phones.

In the 2004 first quarter FEC reports, the Kerry Campaign reported collecting $55.5, beating both President George Bush's totals for the quarter and the previous quarterly fundraising record for a presidential candidate - incumbent and non-incumbent - by more than $2 million. Kerry also broke the record for fundraising in one month, gathering $43.4 million in March 2004.


KERRY CAMPAIGN BY THE RECORD-BREAKING NUMBERS:


$145 million: Total received to date, shattering non-incumbent Bush's 2000 record of $115 million



Over $100 million: Total raised by Kerry campaign during 90 days of March through May 2004



$44 million: Total raised at JohnKerry.com in 2004 through the end of May



800,000: Number of contributions to John Kerry in 2004



Over $9 million: Total raised in May at JohnKerry.com



90,000: Number of contributions in May at JohnKerry.com



$108: Average contribution to JohnKerry.com



$31 million: Total raised from direct mail and phones in 2004 through the end of May



$10.8 million: Total raised in May from direct mail and phones



141,000: Number of contributions in May from direct mail and phones



3: Number of months in a row in which Kerry tops Bush in fundraising



45: Number of million Kerry out raised Bush by during 90 days of March through May 2004



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www.johnkerry.com



Paid for by John Kerry for President, Inc.

[redqueen]

1. Those with the deep pockets

are not seeing any reason to keep shoveling good payola after bad, I think.

Thank God for small mercies. :)

[loftycity]

2. Fahrenheit 911 is going to pave the way for the Dems

Kerry can just sit on his money. This movie is going to do the job needed to be done.

[tom_paine]

3. Good to see I'm not the only one breaking the bank this year!

How many of us Regular People, scraping together our $50/month donation months after month, were involved in making this happen?

The sad part is, how easily that is equalled by a single Bushevik Aristocratic Swine and Fellator of Tyrants?

But we can't think about that now! Forward to VICTORY! Let NOTHING deter us and let NO ONE BACK DOWN in the cause of LIBERTY!

[Beetwasher]

4. Kerry's Been Wisely Saving His Money Too, While Bush Has

been spending like a drunken monkey and doing it quite innefectively too...