The presidential campaign of Republican hopeful Rick Perry has encountered severe cash shortage and is forced to stop paying its staffers, as per informed campaign sources. The site quoted South Carolina State Director Katon Dawson as not being overly concerned at this early stage.
Last month, Perry’s campaign announced that it had raised a little more than $1 million for his presidential bid.
Outside groups supporting Perry’s bid, however, have seen more success, raking in $13.8 million during the second quarter of this year. Perry also ran for president in 2012.
The biggest check to support Perry was written by Dallas billionaire Kelcy Warren, chief executive of an energy pipeline, who gave US$6 million to one of three pro-Perry super PACs.
This post was updated to note that Perry has stopped paying all staffers, not just those in South Carolina.
Previous Gov. Rick campaign isn’t spending on his team since fundraising has dried out, other Republicans acquainted with the procedure and super-pac authorities along with strategy mentioned late Friday.
Representatives for the campaign of Perry were not available immediately for comment on the apparent financial woes, which emerged first from a national news network. Polling suggested that Republicans had made up their minds about Perry during that first campaign – and concluded that he simply wasn’t up to the job. Perry retweeted a post from a political columnist for the Des Moines Register in which the Texan is said to have emphasized his interest in The Hawkeye State.
Perry can maintain his candidacy, Clovis said, so long as he “can put gas in the truck”. By law, they may not coordinate directly with candidate campaigns.
PAC leaders say they can keep Perry afloat through the Iowa caucuses, which open the presidential nominating season in February.
Meanwhile, the campaign is still trying to raise money, Miller said, adding, “We raised a good amount of money today”.
Austin Barbour, who oversees the group, said it recognized the potential of money problems for the campaign and that it is beginning its own field operations in early primary states. It’s also less than half of what Perry has paid so far in legal fees to defend himself against two felony charges related to abusing his powers as governor.
