For the first day of his presidential campaign a Democrat from Texas, 46-year-old Beto O’rourke, collected $6.1 million, the largest amount of donations among all candidates-Democrats.
«In just 24 hours Americans across the country came together to prove that it is possible to hold a massive presidential campaign,» said O’rourke, noting that his campaign was not created for the sake of corporations and the someone’s interests, but only for the people. We will remind, the politician refused the donations of a PAC (Political action committee — PAC).
Beto O’rourke with his wife, Amy Sanders.
According to O’rourke, he received $6 136 763 in the form of online contributions on the following day after he announced his intention to run for the U.S. presidency in 2020. It’s more than $5.9 million, which for 24 hours was collected the previous leader, 77-year-old Bernie Sanders. This is a high figure for the former Congressman from Texas who lost race for Senate to Republican Ted Cruz, thus setting a new record for fundraising — $80 million
O’rourke began his presidential campaign with big promises, told reporters in the Keokuk (Iowa) that he plans «to hold the largest mass campaign that this country has ever seen.»
The politician is in his pre-election tour, has already visited Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania. O’rourke has provided only the total number of funds, rather than the more detailed information revealed by the other candidates, for example, the number of donors, average contribution size, the geographic diversity of investors, etc.
