--- title: Republican Presidential Money Race: See Who's Winning description: Some have struggled to keep up canonical: https://time.com/4076559/2016-election-republican-fundraising-charts/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-16T17:38:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:00.256Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Which Republicans Are Winning the Presidential Money Race in 3 Charts og:description: Some have struggled to keep up og:url: https://time.com/4076559/2016-election-republican-fundraising-charts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Which Republicans Are Winning the Presidential Money Race in 3 Charts twitter:description: Some have struggled to keep up twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Which Republicans Are Winning the Presidential Money Race in 3 Charts > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Oct 16, 2015 5:38 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Oct 16, 2015 5:38 PM UTC Campaign finance filings [released Thursday](http://time.com/4076301/2016-election-republicans-gop-outsiders/) provided the sharpest look yet into the inner-workings of the 2016 Republican presidential field, which combined raised $77.4 million in the third quarter of 2015\. Outsider candidates have found more luck with GOP donors, as more familiar candidates have struggled to keep up. The two keys to campaign finance reports: cash-on-hand and burn-rate. Ben Carson, who led the money race, spent about half of what he raised in the period just on raising more money, but he still has a formidable bank account. Ted Cruz is leading the cash-on-hand race, following by Carson, Rubio, and Bush. But more than $1 million of Rubio’s haul can only be spent should he win the GOP nomination. Sen. 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