Mark Kelly raises $1.1M in 48 hours after launching Senate campaign
Feb 14, 2019, 3:31 PM | Updated: 4:53 pm
FILE- In this Oct. 2, 2017, file photo former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., right, listens as her husband Mark Kelly, left, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kelly said Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, that he's running to finish John McCain's term in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
PHOENIX — It’s only been a couple of days since Mark Kelly announced he would run for U.S. Senate in Arizona next year, but he has already raised more than $1 million.
Jacob Peters, the campaign’s communications director, told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Thursday that the campaign has raised $1.1 million since Tuesday.
Peters said the campaign was closing in on 15,000 individual donations and will not take donations from corporate political action committees.
A huge thank you to everyone who saw our launch and joined our team yesterday. I'm new to this but I'm told we did well. In the first 24 hours we raised $604K from more than 9,700 contributions. We're #FullSpeedAhead without a DIME of corporate PAC money. https://t.co/x94NukAYOQ
— Mark Kelly (@ShuttleCDRKelly) February 13, 2019
Kelly launched his Senate campaign with a video that highlighted his and his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’, service for Arizona.
“What I learned from my wife is how you use policy to improve people’s lives,” Kelly said in the video.
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“I care about people, I care about the state of Arizona, I care about this nation. So because of that, I’ve decided I’m launching a campaign for the United States Senate.”
The former astronaut and Navy pilot is the first candidate to declare a run for the Democratic primary. Republican Sen. Martha McSally is expected to seek re-election but has not yet made a formal announcement.
