Although neither the Stein campaign nor the media have yet reported on it, her Green-Rainbow campaign for governor has apparently met the requirements for getting matching public funding from the state. The campaign had to raise $125,000 in contributions of less than $250 by today, and the fundraising thermometer at JillStein.org stands at well over $126,000.
However, in earlier calls for fundraising Stein’s campaign said that the deadline was 3 PM today, and now they are saying that it is 4:30 PM, so this news remains tentative. It is possible that the campaign was simply using a fundraising strategy in order to get people to donate sooner rather than later, but her qualification has not yet been confirmed.
On a related note, Stein has far surpassed the criterion of raising $100,000 by October 1 in order to participate in the remaining gubernatorial debates.
UPDATE: This was posted on a Facebook event meant to stir people up about this, which was created by people involved with the campaign,
[We’re extending this event to 4:30PM — the absolute latest time we can get contributions reported to OCPF in time to be counted]
And now the campaign website is confirming it:
“We passed the $125k minimum threshold for matching funds, and submitted over $129k in qualifying contributions for approval to OCPF!”
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray,
We don’t get fooled again,
Don’t get fooled again,
No, No!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah,
Meet the new boss,
Same as the old boss.
Look at the top $ campaigns in 2008 & look what you got. Fake progressive Obama & counterrevolutionary Ron Paul.
Please people, let’s not be fooled again!
& probably some of that 35 million came from fool progressives & other leftist/green fools.
I believe Bob Barr raised more or less $1 million.
Compare that to 35 million for Ron Paul. I can only surmise what contributions would have been like without counterrevolutionary Paul sucking all the air out of the room.
Pat LaMarche did a great job fundraising for the Green Party.
Pat LaMarche received matching funds in her most recent run for Governor in Maine as the Green Independent Party candidate.
Believe she received $1.2 million in matching funds..
Fantastic.
Thanks for following the Green Party success story of Dr. Jill Stein…
Applause..
I didn’t know we had a Facebook page. A man of the 1980s I am.
And this was posted on the Green Party’s facebook page:
“Thanks to our Facebook crew for pitching in to help Jill Stein get over the top. Her website is reporting that she has raised over the $125K she needs to get matching funds. Great job! If you didn’t get a chance to contribute to Jill Stein, support the Green Party today so we can build more strong campaigns in the future!”
This seems like a huge amount of money for the Greens, even without the public funding. Does anyone know anything about Green fundraising records in the past? Or their history with public financing?
Dialing for dollars?