WA Gov. Inslee’s presidential campaign raises $3 million in second quarter

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee raised about $3 million over the past three months for his effort to win the Democratic nomination for president.

The amount puts him ninth in the large field of Democratic candidates for second quarter donations compiled by CNN. He’s slightly behind former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke and just ahead of former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro.

Still, he ‘s well back of the collections of top-tier Democratic hopefuls for the three-month period that ended June 30th.

South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg reported almost $25 million in contributions. Former Vice President Joe Biden reported $21.5 million dollars, Senator Elizabeth Warren $19.1 million, Senator Bernie Sanders $18 million, and Senator Kamala Harris nearly $12 million.

Since entering the race in mid-February, Inslee has raised about $5.3 million and spent $4.1 million.

Meanwhile, Inslee has received money from 85,000 individual donors. He has qualified for the second round of debates in late July by having at least 65,000 donors by early June. But to participate in the third round in September, Democratic National Committee rules say he’ll need to double that to at least 130,000.

The campaign reported a sharp increase in donors and donations in the five days after Inslee appeared in the first Democratic debates in June. (Spokesman-Review

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