Nearly all of the $215,694 Sanders brought in came from individual donors, many of whom hail from outside of Vermont. Sanders, who eschews contributions from most political action committees, received $6,093 from two PACs: The League of Conservation Voters PAC, which supports environmental causes, gave $1,093, and the America Works PAC, which is affiliated with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), contributed $5,000.
More than 18 months before he faces reelection, Sanders has already accumulated $3,877,831 in his political war chest. That money could also be transferred to a presidential campaign fund, should he decide to run for the White House again in 2020.
The junior senator’s expenses this quarter, which total $127,931, also underscore the fact that he’s still in national campaign mode, nine months after losing to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary. He paid $32,500 for website and fundraising services from Revolution Messaging, which ran his lucrative digital fundraising operation during that race.
And in addition to the typical expenses — salaries, event space rentals, catering, office supplies — Sanders’ tab included airfare for trips to Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Philadelphia, Utah and West Virginia.
The jetsetting won’t slow down anytime soon: In a recent fundraising email, Sanders asked supporters to donate to his Senate “reelection campaign” to pay for him to continue to bring his message to areas “often ignored by Democrats” — namely, outside Vermont.
In contrast to his Vermont counterparts, 97 percent of Welch’s haul came from PACs. He raised a total of $28,095 — $27,250 of which came from special-interest groups.
Welch spent $37,888 last quarter, which leaves him with $1,918,043 in the bank. He faces reelection to another two-year term in 2018.
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“Bernie Sanders’ Campaign War Chest Nears $3.9 Million”
Sanders personifies exactly what he says is wrong with U.S. politics. What does he need this yuuuge pile of money for? To make sure that no one will even consider running against him for the Vermont Senate seat in 2018? He is the biggest hypocrite on the American Left.
Bernie would have won if the primaries reflected accuracy & nobody had cheated him. We need his leadership. #BernieOrBust [from a grandmother in Texas]
Knowyourassumption correction Bernie is the second biggest hypocrite on the left his pal Elizabeth Warren has 10 million in her war chest already. The Democrats have all become victims of greed and none of them seem to be able to control themselves. The hole party is going to hell real fast.
Socialist sell out Sanders only collects money so he can spend it on his many useless trips to give the impressions to the snowflakes that he’s a self impose big shot..True Patriot Vermonters know better, while many of Vermont Vietnam Veterans were off fighting in Vietnam he was hiding his draft dodger butt under a desk in a backroom..the coward!!!..Once ole bernie said “I will only take donations from the Vermont people, not from any PACs, not from any outsiders groups” WOW guess he forgot what he said..he’s real tight with these lobbyist..Would love to see someone run against the sellout and WIN..we need a SENATOR who cares about Vermonters not how much money they can squeeze out of us.. ..None of these 3 democratic representatives care about “ALL” of the Vermonters..they only care about the liberals who move here from other states..True Vermonters has been pushed aside for many yrs..Sanders need to go back to Brooklyn NY..
To point out how educated @Donna Boutin is with her well thought out and researched comments about Sanders – look at her profile and discover that “Smoking doesn’t cause cancer because she knows two people who never smoked and got cancer”
Clearly a Betsy de Vos education with that one.
@Zeppy77 question for you ..do you smoke, do you have cancer?? Well?? I don’t smoke and have cancer..now tell me that smoking causes cancer..As for the Betsy de Vos..comment, thank you..She’s a very smart woman…and it proves you surly are a democrat who still haven’t gotten over the win of Pres Trump..I’m very educated.. I do a lot of research, I ask a lot of questions..I know it must be so hard on you being a liberal..When you grow up and and come out of your safe place and face the truth and reality..let me know..ok..
This seems like an appropriate time to bring this up, when Bernie was running for president why didn’t he ever disclose his finances like everyone else did? He missed 3 deadlines. What was he afraid of…maybe his trashing the 1% would not go over so well if people saw he was one of the 1%. How many middle class people do you know that can put down over $600,000 cash for a seasonal camp?
Bernie, maybe if you publish your tax returns, then maybe Trump will follow suit?
Bernie did release his taxes.
Bernie is a hypocrite–$27 at a time as opposed to raising money though super pacs and phony namesake foundations.
Term limits would cure just about everything that ails Congress. Citizens United vs. FEC decision makes the glaring case (literally!) to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices too.
>Why does Sanders need this money? To make sure that no one will even consider running against him for the Vermont Senate seat in 2018?
Probably to defend himself against the Democrats who want nothing more in life than to have him go away and stop pointing out how corrupt and stupid they are. You think they won’t run against him? You obviously have no idea how terrifying actual liberals are to the corporate whores in the DNC.