Cooper Outraises McCrory for 4th Straight Filing Period

Cooper Outraises McCrory for 4^th Straight Filing Period

Cooper outpaces McCrory by nearly $2M in first filing period since HB2, builds $3M CoH advantage in final 5 months

Today, new finance reports show North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has been outraised by Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper for the fourth straight filing period.

Cooper reported a record $5.12 million raised, beating McCrory by $1.9 million in 2016’s second filing period, which ran from March 1 through June 30. The numbers also grew Cooper’s cash-on-hand advantage to $3.1 million heading into the final five months of the campaign.

Cooper has now raised $12.7 million total, more than any other candidate in North Carolina at this point in the race. McCrory’s total amount raised is $7.8 million.

“It’s rare for an incumbent governor to be outraised by such wide margins,” said DGA Communications Director Jared Leopold. “This is another sign of a McCrory campaign in crisis. Governor McCrory trails in fundraising, and is saddled with upside-down approval ratings and the economic disaster caused by his House Bill 2. After being outraised for the 4^th straight filing period, it’s no wonder why Pat McCrory is 2016’s most vulnerable governor in America.”

FUNDRAISING BY THE NUMBERS:

 –March-June 2016 fundraising: Cooper $5.12M; McCrory $3.2M

–Jan-Feb 2016 fundraising: Cooper $1.1M; McCrory $751K

–July-Dec 2015 fundraising cycle: Cooper $2.9M; McCrory $2.6M

–Jan-July 2015 fundraising cycle: Cooper $2.2M; McCrory $1.3M

–Total 2015-16 fundraising: Cooper $12.7M; McCrory $7.8M

–Current cash-on-hand: Cooper $9.4M; McCrory $6.3M

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