Rubio raises $340K in second quarter

Former Florida state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) will announce Tuesday that he raised $340,000 in the second quarter. Including his $250,000 raised in the first quarter, that gives him nearly $600,000 raised for his Senate primary matchup with Gov. Charlie Crist (R).

The Orlando Sentinel reported Crist raised $3 million in the second quarter alone, while Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek’s campaign said Tuesday that he raised $1.2 million in the second quarter for a total of about $3 million this cycle.

From Rubio’s e-mail:

Together, generous support like yours has generated over $340,000 in overall contributions during the second quarter, over $144,000 of which was raised online, including over $34,000 in the last two days of the period alone. You were one of nearly 2,500 donors, representing all 50 states and more than 55 Florida counties. We are also well on our way to unleashing the enormous potential of our passionate and committed donors, over 96 percent of which have the continued ability to support my campaign repeatedly, consistently and quarter after quarter.

This is a strong statement about the direction you believe our Republican Party, our state and our nation should take. It is an encouraging reminder about how piece by piece, supporter by supporter and idea by idea, we are building a movement that will only grow and gain momentum as we continue on this path.