John Kasich had raised more than $16 million for his presidential campaign by the time he called it quits.

John Kasich had raised more than $16 million for his presidential campaign by the time he called it quits.

Underscoring how that sum proved paltry in the 2016 race, Hillary Clinton declared on today's Federal Election Commission filing deadline that she had generated $26 million �in April alone.

The Ohio governor's campaign took in less than $4.5 million last month, winding up with a balance of about $1.1 million. He suspended his Oval Office bid May 4 after Donald Trump easily won the Indiana primary the day before, forcing Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to drop out and removing virtually all chance of preventing Trump from sewing up the nomination before the GOP convention in Cleveland.

New Day for America, the super-PAC that supported Kasich's candidacy, raised $15.3 million since its founding less than a year ago. That includes about $2.5 million in April, which the entity ended with a balance of $1.2 million.

Again, the contrast with the Democratic front-runner is glaring. Priorities USA, the super-PAC backing Clinton, received almost $8.6 million just in April.

"My big problem was I never got the big money," Kasich told CNN earlier this week. "The big moneystayed on the sidelines. I mean, I didn't have the moneyto get out there and deliver the message. And because I didn't have the big money, then the media didn't take it as seriously."

Kasich's official campaign committee reported 387 donors who gave the maximum $2,700 apiece in April.

New Day received $500,000 contributions during April from a pair of hedge fund managers, Stanley Druckenmiller of New York City and David Tepper of West Orange, N.J. The latest checks brought Druckenmiller's total gifts to New Day to $1.2 million, Tepper's to $750,000.

New Day Independent Media Committee, an offshoot of New Day for America that handled media buys, reported receiving $1.3 million in April, with all but $101,000 coming from its parent PAC.

New Day Media spent $1.2 million and ended the month with a balance on hand of nearly $105,000. It spent $510,000 on media buys opposing Trump and $334,000 against Cruz.

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