Democrat Kerry Raises $10 Million Through Internet in 10 Days

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March 13 (Bloomberg) -- John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee, has raised $10 million from donations made on the Internet since he won nine of 10 primary contests on March 2, his campaign said.

The total is more than the $8 million Kerry raised from all donors in February, when he still faced primary challenges from other Democrats. Kerry pledged after the March 2 ``Super Tuesday'' primaries to raise $80 million by the Democratic National Convention, which begins July 26 in Boston.

Bloomberg Link

[Joanne98]

1. 2 million people

$100 dollars each. No problem:)

[alittlelark]

2. GO KERRY GO!!!

$50 of it is mine (so far):7

[nankerphelge]

3. $25 so far

I'll parcel more out over the next 8 months

[dand]

4. I gave,

and will again, we need to get rid of the war criminals

[caledesi]

5. Me too. Bring it on! nt

[cally]

8. I got an email saying

that it is important to give before the primary what you can. Kerry may not be able to use donations after the convention and he accepts Federal money. I've heard different things about that. :shrug:

[sandnsea]

18. Yes, before the convention

The FEC told me that candidates cannot accept donations once they have taken the Federal funds for the main campaign. They usually consider it the main campaign at the convention when the candidate is actually nominated. I don't know if it will be July or September, but we don't have until November to donate.

[LiberalFighter]

19. There are two time periods for contributions

During the primary period.
After the primary/convention.

Each has a maximum amount that the candidate is permitted to receive.

When a candidate has been decided many contributers make their contribution before the primary deadline.

In addition, there may be a limit in total contributions to a specific office.
If the maximum is $5,000 the total for all candidates cannot exceed $5,000. If a Democratic candidate for president receives $4,000 the Republican candidate can only receive $1,000. I am not sure if that is a restriction for that office.

[sandnsea]

23. Federal funds

If the Presidential candidate takes federal funds for the GE, they cannot take individual contributions. Everybody expects both Bush & Kerry to take these funds and for the funds to be about $75 million each. Contribution laws for the GE apply ONLY if the candidate opts out of federal funding for the GE. People shouldn't think they can contribute all the way until November because it's most likely they won't be able to.

[mia]

6. $100.04 from Miami

Go Kerry!

[mobuto]

7. Why $.04?

[mia]

22. $.04 * * * *

Clark supporters around the country are including an additional $.04 to their contributions. The $.04 is symbolic of Wes Clark's four stars and his outstanding service to our country.

Glad you asked!

[mobuto]

30. Interesting

As a Clark supporter myself, I probably should have known.

[patricia92243]

9. That's a million a day - if he could keep that up for 200 days, he will

have as much money as fearless leader.

Wouldn't that be wonderful - to have the money to spend on the campaign and to show the Pubs they are not the only ones to raise money!!

[rockymountaindem]

10. Somebody donate extra for me!

I'd empty my personal bank account if I were old enough, and donate all the money I will make this summer. Unfortunately, I'm not 18. Somebody donate a little extra for me!

[RamboLiberal]

11. I'll put an extra dollar a donation in for you rockymountaindem

How about the rest of us DU'ers?

I started out giving to Dean, switched to Kerry last month and give $25 every pay (now will be $26 for rockymountaindem) and $10 a pay (now $11) to the DNC and $10 a pay to campaign of Joe Hoeffel in PA for Senator (against probably Specter unless the Repugs here stupid enough to nominate Pat Toomey).

[rockymountaindem]

12. Thanks rmpalmer.

I appreciate that. You know, if everybody here on DU just donated $11 per week (10 per member and an extra one to distribute the loss of people under 18 and overseas members) that alone would be $400k per week! I know a lot of us are kinda strapped (economic recovery my ass) but $11 per week sounds reasonable. I know we are comitted enough because we're already spending time at DU! Imagine Kerry getting over a million and a half dollars a month from DU. He'd probably have to acknowledge us in a speech.

:toast: to the donors and Mr. Kerry

[The Zanti Regent]

15. GO JOE HOEFFEL!

I sent Joe Hoeffel $$$$ too so he can put the Magic Bullet Man away once and for all!

http://www.hoeffelforsenate.com/

Please, Every DUer, please try to give Joe Hoeffel in Pa and Tony Knowles in Alaska some $$$$

http://www.tonyknowles.com/

[jpak]

13. I donate $20 a paycheck for Kerry

and $10 a paycheck for MoveOn

[RamboLiberal]

21. Yes - let's no forget Moveon.org

I try to donate to them as well. Donated this week when the Repug crybabies were trying to shut down their ads.

[calimary]

36. Gdod to remind people of MoveOn - you can give to them separately.

I did, myself, after sending a donation to Kerry also. MoveOn can extend our reach and give us more buying/punching power against the enemy.

[Just Me]

14. Yeah, as broke as I am,...I sent a whopping,...

,...$50,...*sigh*,...but,...it represents a helluva' lot more than sponsors of corporatism since, although I am economically challenged *LOL*,...I actually CARE about the many instead of the few.

[patricia92243]

16. Great attitude!! Keep it up!

[calimary]

35. Do NOT discount your contribution. It's as worthy as

5,000 times as much from a richer man. Kerry needs every bit we can muster. I sent him some earlier this week, too.

[rockymountaindem]

17. kick

[Chicago Democrat]

20. We Should POOL our Kerry Donations !! DU'ers Kerry$$

And get more access, attention and credit for DU!

[sandnsea]

24. Kerry Core for DU

Somebody can do that here. It has to be started off with a $50 donation, if I remember right.

https://contribute.johnkerry.com/kerrycore/

[ronnykmarshall]

33. I'm a Kerry Core supporter.

My link is in my sig line.

[Teaser]

28. DUpac?

Is that what we'd want to call it?

[4dsc]

25. There should be a $100 DAY

sometime in future. Lets say the day after the convention. On that day, everybody send the Kerry campaign $100 and see if we cannot raise $50 to $100 million..

[Teaser]

29. Atrios has a "Give Turkee to Kerree" day

Every thursday.

[NJmaverick]

26. If we speak with our pocket books

bush loses the ONLY advantage he has. We need dig deep to put an end to his evil regime.

[caledesi]

37. Good point nomad. "Show me the money." nt

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

27. Gave $100 earlier when it became clear JK was going to win, just now gave

another $50. More to come.

[llmart]

31. $50 from me also....

(so far).

[ronnykmarshall]

32. Excellent!

I also want to thank one of the DU'ers that donated via my link!

Let's GO!!

[Sliverofhope]

34. Dean set a goal at $200 per person

I think that's doable for me.

$45 thus far to Kerry
$10 to MoveOn
$35 to general democratic stuff.

The library will have to be my source for anti-Bush books, because the money has to go to the fight now, alas.

[Katha]

38. $25 dollars from me!

I will give more when I'm able to afford it.

Go John go!