The $20 million raised by Mr. DeSantis contains $8.2 million that his marketing campaign mentioned it had taken in on its first full day of fund-raising in late Might, suggesting that the tempo of its fund-raising tapered off considerably thereafter.
Excluding the switch from Mr. DeSantis’s state committee, the most recent numbers additionally present that By no means Again Down raised more cash in its first three weeks than it did over roughly the final three months.
The fund-raising slowdown comes after a bumpy marketing campaign rollout that has led to questions from donors and supporters about its course.
However Kristin Davison, chief working officer of By no means Again Down, mentioned that the cash raised “exhibits an unparalleled, unprecedented and massively profitable fund-raising operation no different candidate on this race has.”
Mr. Trump has raised most of his marketing campaign’s money via his management PAC, Save America. In current months, The New York Instances reported, Mr. Trump has diverted a better portion of donations he receives to the PAC, which he has used to pay his private authorized charges.