Rick Perry's Fundraising Dived in Fourth Quarter

by Ryan Murphy
January 31, 2012
10 Comments

Gov. Rick Perry has filed his year-end campaign finance totals with the Federal Election Commission. And it's not pretty.

Poor debate performances and controversial ad campaigns appear to have done Perry no favors in the fundraising department. Perry collected only $2.9 million in the fourth quarter after having the strongest performance of the field in the third quarter, when he received $17.2 million in contributions and outraised all of his Republican opponents.

The campaign spent $14.2 million in the run-up to the Iowa caucuses, where Perry's fifth-place finish with only 10 percent of the vote ...

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Comments (10)

January 31, 2012 @ 12:58 a.m.

Danna Renée Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook

All those wasted millions could have helped start businesses and employ people in Texas.
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January 31, 2012 @ 1:03 a.m.

Jim Hsu via Texas Tribune on Facebook

How about paying the bills for his "security detail" first?
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January 31, 2012 @ 5:31 a.m.

Carl Fant via Texas Tribune on Facebook

What a waste...him and the campaign funds. Time for a new governor!
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January 31, 2012 @ 6 a.m.

Sonora Hartley via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Time to move on from Rick. He's out of the presidential candidate race. Come back to him the next time he runs for governor or does something stupid. It won't be long.
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January 31, 2012 @ 6:07 a.m.

Ronnie Odom via Texas Tribune on Facebook

That 2 mil. would go a long way towards paying back the State for his delusions of grandeur.
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January 31, 2012 @ 7:41 a.m.

kirk pitman

Perry still needs to pay for the security. I mean, really, what kind of Texas Governor, slashes 1000's of teacher jobs, and then makes the state pay for his campaign security. I didn't vote for Obama either, I voted for McCain so you can just drop that Democrat BS. I am for what is best for Texas and Rick Perry spending 2.6 million for security is theft of services and the AG should file charges as such.

God Bless Texas
January 31, 2012 @ 8:36 a.m.

Kay Wilkinson via Texas Tribune on Facebook

He must take remaining funds and repay the Texas Education Fund! He also need to move back into the Governor's Mansion to save the Citizens of Texas Outrageous Rental.
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January 31, 2012 @ 8:51 a.m.

George Lopez via Texas Tribune on Facebook

How can so many people be so stupid ???
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January 31, 2012 @ 11:37 a.m.

Only Me

What happened to using Texas companies to employee Texans? New Hampshire and Virginia?

Hmmmmm
January 31, 2012 @ 2:31 p.m.

Gary Duncan Martin via Texas Tribune on Facebook

He should have enough to reimburse the State of Texas for the extraordinary expenses of the state troopers' who had to follow him around.
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