NEW: Fung, Pell Report Q1 Fundraising Totals
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Gubernatorial candidates Clay Pell and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung have released their fundraising numbers for the first quarter of 2014.
Republican Fung announced that he raised over $131,000 in Q1, for a total over a half a million dollars raised since 2013. Fung currently has over $400,000 cash on hand.
James Donahue, Finance Chair for the Committee for Allan Fung said in a release, "Of significant note, the Mayor has over 1300 unique donors, of which, over ninety percent (90%) of those donations are in-state donations, which translates to direct support for the Mayor here in Rhode Island. The Committee has received donations from all 39 cities and towns across Rhode Island. Clearly, the Mayor is raising his money from Main Street, not Wall Street."
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For Q1, Pell reported receipts of $1,219,907.62, with $169,907.62 from individual contributions and a candidate loan of $1,050,000. Pell ended the quarter with $2,012,803.76 cash on hand.
Pell's campaign noted that "individual contributors" included "former US Senator David Boren (D-OK), former US Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), former US Senator Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY), Former Congressman James Slattery (D-KS), Colbie Caillat - singer-songwriter, Jeffrey Katzenberg - CEO of Dreamworks Animation, Sean Richardson - former Chief of Staff to Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Janet Robinson - former CEO of the New York Times, Stuart Sundlun - son of former Governor Bruce Sundlun, and Bryan Traubert - husband of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker."
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