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The Blog for Thursday, July 07, 2005

Crist Shatters Fundraising Record

    The speculation was wrong. In our July 4 post ("Crist/Gallagher Fundraising Update"), we noted that it had been reported that
    Speculation among some Crist supporters was that he would show about $2 million raised during the quarter.
    Wrong. Real wrong. It turns out that Crist did rather well:
    Shattering a record set by his rival just Friday, Attorney General Charlie Crist said Wednesday he has raised more than $3.8 million for his campaign to be the Republican nominee for governor.

    It was somber news for the campaign of Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, which confidently announced last week that it had raised slightly more than $3.02 million.
    Last week, the Crist camp pulled a fast one on Gallagher:
    Crist offered only a head fake last week. In a news release after Gallagher's announcement [of his record breaking numbers], Crist said, "It is well known that the Treasurer knows how to raise money. I look forward to a campaign not just purchased on television, but a real discussion of issues before the people of Florida. For our part, we are still counting the contributions to our campaign. We want to have an accurate count before we release the final number to the public."

    Gallagher's team was elated, believing Crist was signaling that he had raised less money than Gallagher.
    "Crist's fund-raising leapfrogs primary rival's". See also "Crist campaign raises $3.8-million in quarter" and "$3.8 million for Crist's run breaks record".

    Gallagher's team is no longer elated.

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