Jun 30 2003
Historic Day
A brief announcement from Joe Trippi, Campaign Manager, Dean for America:
As of 10:00 PM ET, Howard Dean has raised $697,128 online today, bringing our total for the quarter to $7,004,356.
With a few hours left to go before the closing deadline for our fundraising report to the FEC, you did it. You raised $700,000 in one day over the Internet and put Howard Dean over $7 million.
In 9 short days, tens of thousands contributed over $3.8 million to Dean for America. $3 million of that came in online contributions.
As Governor Dean said in his announcement speech, “We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mouse-pads, shoe leather and hope.”
For months you have helped us build that grassroots campaign — a campaign that seeks to build a new politics of meaning for our country and a new kind of campaign powered by people. No one really seemed to notice until today. Your efforts today were amazing and in my view historic. There is simply no precedent for this kind of response over the Internet — in contributions and support this early in the process — for any other candidate I can think of from either party.
Congratulations, America!
