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Jeb Bush's third-quarter fundraising is ahead of Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio, but behind Ben Carson. canonical: https://time.com/4075666/jeb-bush-fundraising-third-quarter/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-15T20:08:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:58.583Z article:section: Politics og:title: Bush Raises $13.4 Million in Third Quarter og:description: He's ahead of Cruz, Fiorina and Rubio, but behind Carson. og:url: https://time.com/4075666/jeb-bush-fundraising-third-quarter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt034d9efcf395fc8c/6988671ccf40a854b1c4013b/jeb-bush-super-pac.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Former Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to voters at the Heritage Action Presidential Candidate Forum September 18, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bush Raises $13.4 Million in Third Quarter twitter:description: He's ahead of Cruz, Fiorina and Rubio, but behind Carson. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt034d9efcf395fc8c/6988671ccf40a854b1c4013b/jeb-bush-super-pac.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush Raises $13.4 Million in Third Quarter > Sponsored content. 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From his unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 1994 through his decision to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, here are some of the top moments from Jeb Bush's political career._ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Oct 15, 2015 8:08 PM UTC  Former Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to voters at the Heritage Action Presidential Candidate Forum September 18, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. Former Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks to voters at the Heritage Action Presidential Candidate Forum September 18, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. Sean Rayford—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Oct 15, 2015 8:08 PM UTC Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush raised $13.4 million in the third quarter of 2015 and has more than $10 million in the bank, his campaign announced Thursday, among the largest hauls of the period. Bush’s haul tops his more than $11.4 million raised in the three weeks after he announced his candidacy, but trails retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who reported raising more than $20 million in the third quarter on the back of strong grassroots fundraising. Bush’s numbers put him ahead of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who will report raising $12.2 million in the quarter and has $13.5 million on hand, as well as former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who will report raising $6.8 million, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio who will report raising about $6 million and having $11 million on hand. In a memo to supporters, Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz wrote that the campaign’s best fundraising month of the quarter was September, noting Bush’s haul was $900,000 less than what former GOP nominee Mitt Romney took in in the same period in 2012, in far smaller field. Bush’s overall spending rate for the campaign has been about 60 percent. Bush’s super PAC, Right to Rise, reported raising more than $100 million in July, and is in the midst of airing its first television ads boosting Bush in the early primary states. The group will not make its next finance report until January. In the memo, Diaz highlighted the campaign’s substantial field operation, which has already made 1 million voter contacts, he said, and includes 37 staffers on the ground in the first four early voting states. He also touted the campaign’s analytics and data team, which is working to build profiles on each early state voter to determine their likelihood of voting for Bush and identify ways to target his message at them. “We are running thousands of simulated Election Days using the data we have collected in order to game out different scenarios and better allocate resources,” Diaz wrote. In the memo, Diaz minimized his candidate’s position toward the back of the polls, noting that Iowa and New Hampshire voters in particular are notoriously late-deciding. Bush’s campaign did not disclose its average contribution or the share of its donations brought it under the $200 reporting threshold. His campaign will file its finance report with the Federal Election Commission later Thursday. ## Transcript The younger Bush brother did not make the governor's chair in Florida. The older Bush brother, George W. Bush, did make it in Texas. This is a mixed night for the Bush family. I know we can do better. It requires a new style of leadership, commitment to service to others, and an ability to bring people together rather than divide I wanna be the governor that leads us there. And in Florida, Jeb Bush, 56 to 44 over Buddy MacKay, the Democratic candidate. My brother said in one of his speeches, my brother said he's gonna deliver Florida. [ LAUGH ] He did say That he said it more than once. Will he deliver it? He also told it was going to be a cold Thanksgiving dinner if I don't help him out, and then we're going to carry it. We could be in for a long night as voters decide whether Vice President Al Gore or Texas Governor George Bush will be the next president of the United States. It is that close. ABC News is now going to project that Florida goes to Mr. Bush. While the closest elections in American history Bush has won it. The rigor of the common core state standards must be the new minimum in classrooms. And so for those states that are choosing a path other than common core I say this. You should be aiming even higher. And be bolder and raise standards and ask more for our students and the system. The simple fact is there is no plan to deport 11 Million people. We should give them a path to legal status. Where they work, where they don't receive government benefits, where they don't break the law, where they learn English, and where they make a contribution to our society. Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? I would of and so would of Hillary Clinton. Just to remind everybody and so would of almost everybody that was confronted with the intelligence they got. By the way guess who thinks that those mistakes took place as well. George W. Bush. Your brother. Yeah. I mean so just for the news flash to the world that they're trying to find places that there's big space between me and my brother, this might not be one of those. I'm running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be about how we, if I run, how do you create high sustained economic growth where more people have a chance at our success. I don't know if I'd be a good candidate or a bad one. Kinda know how a Republican can win, whether it's me or somebody else. And it has to be much more uplifting, much more positive, much more willing to be practical now in the Washington world. Lose the primary to win the general. Without violating your principles, it's not an easy task. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4075666/jeb-bush-fundraising-third-quarter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4075666/jeb-bush-fundraising-third-quarter/"},"headline":"Jeb Bush Raises $13.4 Million in Third Quarter","datePublished":"2015-10-15T20:08:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:58.583Z","description":"Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's third-quarter fundraising is ahead of Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina and Marco Rubio, but behind Ben Carson.","url":"https://time.com/4075666/jeb-bush-fundraising-third-quarter/","keywords":["jeb bush","2016 Election","Sen. Marco Rubio","Campaign Finance","ted cruz","Dr. Benjamin S. 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