By CASEY SMITH | Indiana Capital Chronicle
For The Republic
Former Vice President Mike Pence’s presidential campaign raised $3.3 million in the third quarter of this year — of which $150,000 came from his own pocket.
He reported in his latest FEC filing that he has just $1.2 million cash on hand, though, and more than $600,000 in debt.
Pence, also a former Indiana governor, entered the 2024 GOP primary in early June with just three weeks until the end of the second fundraising quarter. His campaign raised just over $1.1 million in that time, while his Committed to America super PAC raised about $2.6 million, according to his federal filing.
The latest numbers fuel ongoing questions about the former vice president’s overall path to the nomination and his ability to reach the donor threshold to qualify for the third GOP debate.
The Pence campaign has yet to confirm how many donors contributed during the third quarter, leaving it uncertain whether he will hit the Republican National Committee’s threshold needed to qualify for the opening debate in Miami on Nov. 8.
Candidates must have 70,000 individual donors and secure 4% of the vote in either two national polls, or one national poll and two polls from separate early states.
Former President Donald Trump, on the other hand, raised $24.5 million from July to September. That’s more than double the amount collected by the campaign of his closest rival in fundraising, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who raised $11.2 million.
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