$4.07 Million Raised in One Day for Ron Paul Campaign

The Ron Paul campaign has raised more than $6.84 million in the first five weeks of this quarter.

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(ARLINGTON, Va.) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul beat all online primary fundraising records at 4:00 PM eastern time today.

The Paul campaign says that in 16 hours, the Ron Paul campaign brought in over $4.07 million in one day Million million in online contributions, making it the largest single-day online primary fundraising effort by a presidential candidate in United States election history.

Approximately 21,000 Americans made online donations thus far.

They say today’s record efforts surpassed Mitt Romney’s $3.1 million record for single-day fundraising this year, as well as John Kerry’s record $2.7 million online fundraising efforts two days after the 2004 Super Tuesday primaries, and Republican John McCain’s $1 million online following the New Hampshire primaries in 2000.

The Ron Paul campaign has raised more than $6.84 million in the first five weeks of this quarter.

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