NYT: Even the stark disparity in cash on hand may understate the desperate straits in which Mr. Trump finds himself. His fund-raising, led largely by the Republican National Committee, has slowed. He canceled a fund-raiser with 90 people in Boston… Continue reading

I am skeptical he could come close to self-funding his campaign. Hard to figure out the strategy here, if there is one.

WSJ: Tuesday’s fundraising email suggests Mr. Trump is unnerved by the substantial financial lead Mrs. Clinton holds over him. But donating up to $2 million next month to his campaign would not be a real departure for Mr. Trump,… Continue reading

NYT: Donald J. Trump enters the general election campaign laboring under the worst financial and organizational disadvantage of any major party nominee in recent history, placing both his candidacy and party in political peril. Mr. Trump began June with… Continue reading

The Intercept: Sadly, however, there are still rules forbidding campaign staffers from explicitly asking the incredibly rich to give more than $5,000 to Super PACs like Priorities USA. They are loose rules, and rarely enforced rules, but they are… Continue reading

Matea Gold for WaPo: The Republican National Committee took on $2 million more debt in May as it finalized a joint fundraising agreement with Donald Trump’s campaign, underscoring how the real estate mogul’s lack of a fundraising structure has put … Continue reading

Matea Gold reports for WaPo.

Dave Levinthal for CPI: Now Trump is no longer spurning super PACs and eschewing tony private fundraisers tailor made for 1 percenters. Rather he’s tolerating, if not embracing, the post-Citizens United era of cash-flush politics that, until recently,… Continue reading

Latest analysis from the Campaign Finance Institute.

NYT: Donald J. Trump’s campaign schedule is being driven by his fund-raising needs, prompting him to appear in heavily Republican states like Georgia and Texas and diverting his attention from battlegrounds where Hillary Clinton is spending her time.… Continue reading