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Article: GOP gains 1 million new donors
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- October 5, 2003
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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 ...