“Ted Cruz Campaign Raises More Than $14M Since Launch ” CBS DC

His group Right to Rise is expected to report having raised as much as $100 million since January. Touting his connection to grassroots voters, the senator also downplayed the role that big money donors have played in funding his campaign.

In April, his campaign announced he had raised about $4.3 million in the eight days after launching his campaign. The campaign has received more than 175,000 contributions, averaging $81 each. But Cruz and others – Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson – are making hard runs for the same bloc of support.

“The grassroots energy and support we are seeing is overwhelming”, Cruz said in a statement. US Today also reported on the way that Cruz is interpreting these fundraising filings.

Despite the emphasis on faith, Huckabee’s loudest applause came when he lauded his “fair tax” proposal that he said “would allow us to, once and for all, abolish the IRS”.

Cruz is quite obviously making the appeal that his campaign is the true campaign for the common people. Marco Rubio of Florida, won their Senate seats after the Senate Conservatives Fund helped them defeat establishment-backed candidates in the GOP primaries.

Although Cruz’s numbers undoubtedly put him in the top tier of the Republican party, he is still likely to fall short of Jeb Bush.

“I thought it would be nice and bold, like Ted Cruz is he’s big and bold for America”, Milliff said.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas said the “divisive” issue of what to do about the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants who live in the United States distracts from the problem of securing the borders.

Supporters of Cruz announced on July 5 that they have already raised more than $51 million for his campaign, “giving Cruz one of the strongest war chests among those running for president”.