There has been so much griping about Dean's fundraising efforts from certain Washington dems. I received an email from one of our DNC delegates that shows a comparison of how Dean is doing. It looks pretty good to me. Especially his fundraising for state parties. He is doing two fundraisers in Texas on the 17th and 18th. I don't think that is being counted in what he is really doing.
Comparison after the jump.
MKC
Dean Raised More Early Money than Any DNC Chair
> Governor Dean has raised more money in his first few months - more than
> $1 million a week - than any other DNC chair during an off-year - nearly
> $19 million to date. During this time, Dean has held 26 major
> fundraising events in sixteen different cities across the country.
>
> DNC Has Nearly Doubled Fundraising Compared to 2003
> In the first four months of 2005, the DNC has raised nearly twice as
> much as (18.6M) we raised in the first 4 months of 03 (10.6M).
>
> DNC Raised Half-Million Online in Less Than Two Weeks
> In the past two weeks, the DNC has raised more than $500,000 online in
> small contributions to help build state parties.
>
> To date, the DNC has contributed almost $1 million to help Democratic
> state parties including: Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, West
> Virginia, Wyoming, Nevada, Nebraska, Mississippi, and Kansas.
>
> Contributions to DNC Have Increased More than 62%
> We've collected 180,000 more contributions through the first five
> months of 2005 than we did through the first five months of 2003 an
> increase of more than 62%. (294k vs. 471k)
>
> DNC Fundraising Rising at Nearly Twice the Rate of RNC
> The DNC raised $8 million more in first four months of 2005 than we did
> in the first four months of 2003. The Republicans increased their output
> by less than $5 million. ($37.4M vs. $42.0M)
>
> DNC Narrowing RNCs Fundraising Advantage
> During the first four months of 2005, the rate at which the RNC
> outraised the DNC dropped my more than a third. In the first four months
> of 2003, the RNC outraised the DNC by a ratio of 3.5:1. In the first
> four months of 2005, the RNC outraised the DNC 2.3:1.
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