Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has made another sizable contribution to the campaign. According to a recent statement, Shanahan gave the campaign another $8,000,000 in April.
In a press release issued by the Kennedy-Shanahan campaign last week, the campaign announced that Shanahan’s contribution is aimed at achieving total ballot access for the remainder of the election season. “This isn’t just about funding our own campaign,” Shanahan said in the release. “We want to liberate presidential elections from the grip of the existing two-party duopoly, and revitalize American democracy.”
Notably, the single donation is several times the amount of what the presidential ticket otherwise brought in during its most recent month. Recent campaign finance reports for April available here show the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket has otherwise raised $9,827,806, including Shanahan’s donation.
The Kennedy-Shanahan campaign spent $6,520,941 that month.
Additionally, according to the release, the ticket is currently on the ballot in six states, which include Utah, Michigan, California, Delaware, Oklahoma, and Texas. Furthermore, it has collected enough signatures to qualify for ballot access in New Hampshire, Nevada, Hawaii, North Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa, and Ohio.
Shanahan has made several substantial contributions in support of the campaign, even before joining the ticket. Alongside the recent eight million dollars, she contributed two million dollars to the campaign in March. She also donated four million dollars to a pro-Kennedy Super PAC, which was responsible for the Super Bowl ad aired in January.
Even after being gaslit on abortion by Bob Jr., eh?
Hope Cheryl Hines got that prenup from Bob.