The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the campaign to reelect former President Donald Trump say they raised a combined $65.6 million in March.
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement that President Trump has “again created a fundraising juggernaut among Republicans.”
“While he has been the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party for less than a month, the RNC and Trump campaign are one unified operation and focused on victory,” he said.
“We’re raising funds and making strategic investments to get out the vote and protect the ballot.”
The statement didn’t specify which funds received the money or how it was divided between the party committee and the various fundraising committees associated with the Trump campaign.
However, the reported amount in cash on hand would be a significant jump from the figures that the RNC and a handful of Trump committees disclosed on March 20.
The RNC and its affiliated congressional committees, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee, file reports about their financial activity every month with the FEC.
Some, but not all, of the Trump committees file reports each month.
The full scope of the Trump and the Republican fundraising operations should be revealed in mid-April. Then, the committees’ quarterly filings will reveal their financial activities covering the first three months of 2024.
The campaign to reelect President Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) had a wide lead over their Republican counterparts at the end of February.
In a statement, Susie Wiles, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, cheered what she called the grassroots supporters for their donations.
“Republicans may not be beneficiaries of the self-interested largesse from Hollywood and Silicon Valley elites, but President Trump is proud to be supported by donations from voters who are the backbone of this nation, which will fuel Republicans up and down the ballot,” she said.