Becomes 5th Candidate to Meet Requirement
Doug Burgum for America announced today that it has exceeded the donor requirements set forth by the Republican National Committee to qualify for the third debate.
Burgum has received contributions from over 70,000 individual donors, including more than 200 from 20 different states. Burgum is just the 5th candidate to meet the RNC's requirements.
"Doug Burgum was one of the last candidates to get in the race and is now among the first to reach the donor threshold," said campaign spokesman Lance Trover. "While he plans to continue defying the odds and be on the debate stage, our campaign knows that ultimately it is the voters in Iowa and New Hampshire who will begin the process of picking the next President, not pundits and national polls."
Burgum's announcement comes on the heels of the Best of America PAC announcing last week major new investments and a hyper-targeting program aimed at Republicans in Iowa, New Hampshire and throughout the nation.
Doug Burgum, Burgum Campaign Press Release - Burgum Surpasses Donor Threshold for Third GOP Debate Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/367566