Article: GOP gains 1 million new donors

GOP gains 1 million new donors

By SHARON THEIMER Associated Press

Sunday, October 5, 2003

Washington -- The donations aren't all that big -- most under $30 - - but the number of people contributing to the Republican Party is a milestone: more than 1 million new donors since President Bush took office.

That beats the Republican National Committee's previous record of 853,595 first-time donors during President Ronald Reagan's two terms in the 1980s. The new contributors in Bush's tenure yielded $55 million for the RNC, spokeswoman Christine Iverson said.

"These are not wealthy people," said Iverson, who noted that the typical donation was under $30. The RNC doesn't know whether the donors gave ...

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