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Connecticut activists are giving early to White House hopefuls
Washington – President Donald Trump raised more than $35 million for his re-election bid this year, but only $86,281 came from Connecticut donors.
On the Democratic side, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke raised the most campaign cash from Connecticut residents in the first quarter of this year — nearly $88,000.
Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was among the candidates who raised the least amount of money in the state, about $35,000.
Those are some of the findings of a CT Mirror analysis of Federal Election Commission data on presidential campaign fundraising.
Read more: https://ctmirror.org/2019/05/30/ct-activists-are-giving-early-to-white-house-hopefuls/