Clinton campaign raises more than $100M in 2015

It is pertinent to mention that Hillary Clinton is the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, for 2016 elections. The fundraising for the DNC and state parties is aimed at helping Clinton in the general election should she win her party’s nomination.

Johnston, former Massachusetts Democratic chairman, said gun control – an
issue Clinton’s husband took knocks for when he was in office – now “cuts across the political spectrum”.

“That’s going to help her – that he’s seen to be following her lead on this”, said Democratic strategist Matt Bennett, who pointed out that the former secretary of state has proposed numerous policies that Obama is set to outline in the coming days. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, has strong support. Clinton raised roughly as much for the primary as President Barack Obama did during 2011 as a sitting president and more than either Clinton or Obama in 2007 despite having one fewer quarter to raise.

“Thanks to the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have joined together and powered this historic campaign, we are now heading into Iowa and New Hampshire with the resources we need to be successful”, Robby Mook, Clinton’s campaign manager, said in a statement on Friday.

The Democratic front-runner headlined 58 fundraisers in the last three months, the same as the two previous quarters.

Heading into the January sprint toward the leadoff Iowa caucuses on February 1, Clinton’s campaign says it has almost $38 million in cash on hand.

The Sanders campaign has not yet released its fourth-quarter figures.

Ninety four percent of donations to this campaign in the last quarter were in increments of United States dollars 100 or less, Mook said. Ted Cruz of Texas said it had raised almost $20 million in the fourth quarter. Earlier this week, the campaign for Republican Sen.