The presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas raised more than $4.3 million in the first nine days of his candidacy, a filing with the Federal Election Commission shows.
The deadline to file campaign finance reports covering activity during the first three months of the year was Wednesday for certain committees. The presidential exploratory committee for retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson had previously reported raising about $2.1 million in March.
Mr. Cruz’s allies have also set up a quartet of super PACs to boost his presidential bid and said they anticipated bringing in more than $31 million in about a week. But those groups, and some others boosting presidential hopefuls, do not have to file disclosure reports until July.
Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Marco Rubio of Florida both launched their respective presidential campaigns after April 1.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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