Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) raised near $22 million within the third quarter of fundraising for this 12 months within the Arizona Senate race, his marketing campaign introduced Thursday.
Gallego’s marketing campaign introduced the Arizona Democrat had raised greater than $21.7 million between July and September of this 12 months, with donations of $100 or much less making up 95 % of the contributions he acquired. The marketing campaign additionally famous that greater than 271,000 folks contributed to his marketing campaign final quarter.
Gallego is working towards Republican Kari Lake for the race to interchange retiring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and the race for Sinema’s seat is seen as a vital one that can decide which get together controls the Senate majority this fall. Gallego wasn’t the one Senate Democrat in a aggressive race to herald an eye-popping fundraising haul within the third quarter — Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), dealing with a tricky reelection bid in Ohio, raised near $31 million, his marketing campaign stated.
It’s unclear how a lot Lake has raised within the final quarter, although candidates have till Oct. 15 to file their third-quarter marketing campaign filings.
“Arizonans know we need Ruben Gallego in the U.S. Senate, which is why over 437,000 small-dollar donors have chipped in to support the campaign,” Gallego marketing campaign supervisor Nichole Johnson stated within the press launch. “Due to their beneficiant assist, we’re going to defeat Kari Lake and ship a Marine fight veteran with a lifetime of service to the Senate.”
