The campaign of Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein closed September with a negative balance of $81,886, according to its most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission.
The Stein campaign’s monthly report for the period from September 1 to September 30 shows that it began the month with $206,743 and raised an additional $588,701 in contributions—its best fundraising month of the 2024 year, surpassing May totals by nearly $200,000. The campaign received over 2,000 contributions during the month, including $100,000 in Federal Matching Funds from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. No individual contribution exceeded $4,000.
Despite the increased fundraising, the campaign spent $877,331 in September, leaving it with a negative balance of $81,866 heading into October. This amount is a significant increase in spending, surpassing May, which had also been the campaign’s costliest month with $380,811 in total disbursements.
The campaign reported 508 itemized disbursements, largely for salaries, travel, and campaign consulting costs. However, several large payments accounted for the majority of the total funds disbursed.
The largest of these was a $279,983 payment to the Department of the Treasury, labeled as “Federal Matching Funds” on September 12. Additionally, the campaign made two payments toward the end of the month totaling $219,075 to Upcard, which shares an address on the filing with On the Ground Inc., a California-based company specializing in signature-gathering and voter registration. Both payments to Upcard were for matching funds related to petitioning efforts.
No other disbursement in September approached six figures, though the campaign did pay $20,745 for fundraising supplies to Financial Innovations, Inc.—the next highest single amount—and made several smaller but similarly sized payments to software companies such as NationBuilder and Gusto.
Since filing the monthly report, the campaign has also updated its Statement of Organization, showing a change in treasurer from Christopher Cayer to Scott Marshall. The physical campaign headquarters has also relocated from Stratton, Maine, to Edmonds, Washington.
Thank you. I think the numbers Kennedy raised are still relevant since he’s still on the ballot (in fact, in more states than any of the above except Oliver and Stein). Despite suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump, I think he will quite likely get more votes than anyone you list. I’m looking forward to seeing whether he will and to what extent he will or won’t (to the extent reported vote counts are even reliable, which isn’t much).
Terry has also quasi endorsed Trump, but he’s on few ballots – were I to vote, he wouldn’t be on mine – and has had far less coverage of any kind, has much less name recognition among young people, hasn’t raised much money, etc. That’s unfortunate – I actually sent him a small donation myself. I’m not sure if it was accepted; I didn’t report personal information since I had no plans of sending $200+ in the electoral cycle to political candidates or pacs, but the campaign may have rejected my contribution nevertheless in fears that I might have and thus caused them to run afoul of the law.
According to the FEC Form 3P, the amounts raised cycle to date (The FEC defines cycle to date the date the candidate announces they are a candidate running for president for the November 2024 election until September 30, 2024) by the top alternative Presidential candidates are:
Jill Stein (G) 2,471,321.21
Cornell West (I) 1,326,686.74
Chase Oliver (L) 401,562.43
Claudia De La Cruz (S&L) 351,673.81
Randell Terry (C) 311,152.12
I have not included the amount Robert F Kennedy, Jr raised because he is no longer a candidate.
According to the FEC Form 3P, the amounts raised in September 2024 by the top alternative Presidential candidates are:
Jill Stein (G) 588,701.42
Chase Oliver (L) 68,074.88
Randell Terry (C) 63,889.40
Claudia De La Cruz (S&L) 41,194.76
Cornell West (I) 38,141.85
I have not included the amount Robert F Kennedy, Jr raised because he is no longer a candidate.
Thank you. I’m actually more curious (albeit not enough to do the research myself) about their total spending and or amount raised than debt. I understand there’s a time lag in the data and that precise numbers aren’t always available but ballpark numbers would do for what I am curious about. I’m sort of in mind having a bit of a not fully firmed query as to how they compare to each other and to their party’s past nominees in different categories – name recognition, ballot access, media mentions, search terms readily identified with them and their campaigns, money raised/ spent, – how close the top two are perceived as being, and how those things balance to impact vote totals between candidates and years .
That’s a lot of questions, and I’m not curious enough to do the research – many other things unrelated to here I’m in need of tending to or otherwise curious about – so you’re obviously not under any obligation to do it for me, much less on any schedule. Of course you know that, this is just in case anyone thinks I am making such impertinent demands.
If anyone does wish to address such questions, your input is always welcome.
Ballot access news today published online (previously available only to subscribers) what percentage of voters will see each on the ballot, another interesting comparison tidbit. If nobody beats me to it I have in mind to check the equivalent stats from 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 years ago and repost them here. I’m not sure when I’ll get to it, so anyone is welcome to do it first.
Additionally, if we compare the current cycle filings for September with those of her 2016 and 2012 campaigns, Stein’s 2016 campaign ultimately ended that period with $18,166 on hand but $68,114 in debt. Her 2012 campaign ultimately ended with $42,017 on hand and $139,283 in debt.
I say “ultimately” because both her 2016 and 2012 campaigns filed several amended reports for that period. The initial filing for 2016 reported roughly a $6,000 difference between cash and debt, while the 2012 filing reported a $26,000 difference, but that all later changed.
Nuña, that second mention should also read as Upcard. Thanks!
Curious, I’m also actively examining the filings of other campaigns. Looking at the seven candidates invited to the Free and Equal Elections presidential debate this week, Stein is the only one who ended the month in a negative cash position, although her campaign has no debt. All other candidates, except for Harris, have some debt but still ended the month with cash remaining on hand. Mind you, both Oliver and West have more debt than cash on hand, with the difference being around $10,000 for Oliver and $62,000 for West.
Please note that this information is based on October filings for the month of September. Pre-general filings have started to be posted for some of the seven mentioned candidates as of yesterday, but those only cover half of October. I may examine both sets where they are available.
Is it Upcard or Upstart?
How do these numbers compare with other minor party presidential candidates this year? Her past campaigns?