Pete Buttigieg Topped all Dems in Fundraising in NY
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MAYOR PETE looks to be in the 2020 Presidential race for the long haul.
According to the NY Post, he “bests all other Democratic White House hopefuls in the Big Apple — by a landslide — including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who raised $885,000 in New York with $658,000 coming from NYC; New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who brought in $2.3 million statewide with $1.6 million from NYC residents before dropping out Wednesday; and former Vice President Joe Biden ($2.5 million/$1.6 million from NYC), who has the powerful endorsement of New York’s well-connected Gov. Andrew Cuomo.”
“The early core has been the LGBTQ community,” said former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, president of the Victory Fund, a LGBTQ bundling group that endorsed Buttigieg at a Brooklyn event earlier this year. “I think we were a very key constituency in allowing him to get early traction.”
In addition Buttigieg has been the darling of the film and theatre community. “Records show that Mayor Pete has been a hit among self-described actors and actresses in New York, netting about $23,000 of the $88,700 the acting community gave in total to 2020 Democrats. He did the best among directors and producers, getting nearly $65,000 from the $325,000 they donated. New York consultants also gave the most to the mayor — $121,000 out of $606,000 total.”
Alex Levy, a former speechwriter for Sen. Charles Schumer who has co-hosted Buttigieg fundraisers, said there’s a “palpable excitement” among NYC Democratic donors to meet the Midwestern mayor in person.
“Sometimes in politics, when you get close to a candidate, you are less inspired. But the closer people get to seeing and hearing Pete’s message, the more committed they are to his candidacy,” said Levy, who is a member of the Victory Fund board.
