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Former President Donald Trump raked in more than $35 million in fundraising during the second quarter of 2023, his campaign announced.
The more than $35 million raised between April 1 and June 30 is nearly double the $18.8 million his campaign raised during the year’s first quarter. The fundraising was split between Trump’s campaign and his Save America PAC, according to Politico.
The fundraising numbers were reported more than one month after Trump’s second-place challenger, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, officially entered the Republican presidential primary.
The fundraising boom corresponds with a surge in Trump’s poll numbers, despite DeSantis’s official entry into the race.
For example, a June Harvard poll found that Trump led DeSantis by a margin of 67 to 33 percent, a slight decrease for DeSantis from Harvard’s May poll taken before the Florida governor entered the race.