Is Rand Paul’s Fundraising Slowing Down?

Kentucky Senate Candidate Rand Paul (R)
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Kentucky Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul, who has been pilloried in the press in the weeks since he won the Republican primary, has long benefited from the kind of energetic online donor base that his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), helped pioneer in 2007 and 2008. But could it be that things are starting to slow down for Rand?

Paul’s campaign announced earlier this week that an online moneybomb fundraiser campaign had brought in $172,000 in 24 hours. “Rand Paul continues to set online fundraising records in Kentucky,” said campaign manager Jesse Benton. Of course, the catch here is that the $172,000 is not a record for online fundraising in Kentucky — as the Associated Press noted, Paul himself had previously raised $400,000 in a one-day moneybomb last August, when his insurgent campaign in the Republican primary was starting to pick up.

The Paul campaign did not return our request for comment. There could be any number of reasons for the drop-off. Perhaps supporters have become a bit complacent since Paul’s landslide win in the Republican primary, and their attention is on other fights now that he’s the GOP nominee in a Republican-leaning state. Perhaps there could be disaffection at him becoming a mainstream political nominee. Who knows?

The TPM Poll Average has Paul leading Democratic state Attorney General Jack Conway by 50.7%-41.3%.

Late Update: Paul’s campaign has announced raising $1.1 million in the second quarter. The campaign has declined to state their cash on hand, which could be somewhat low since he spent much of his money for the May 18 primary.

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