Redefining Democratic Fundraising
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10265-2004Jul23?language=printer
Kerry Has Amassed Record Sums From Disparate Groups Opposed to Bush
By Thomas B. Edsall, James V. Grimaldi and Alice R. Crites
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, July 24, 2004; Page A01
John F. Kerry has created the most effective fundraising machine in
Democratic Party history by tapping disparate interests -- trial
lawyers, financial services executives, social liberals, teachers,
Hollywood figures and others -- united by their antipathy to President
Bush.
Through June 30, the machine amassed $186.2 million, five times as
much as any previous Democratic contender. It started from a small
base of longtime associates, some with business before Kerry's Senate
committees, and grew meteorically after Kerry's victory in the Jan. 19
Iowa caucuses.
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