Chris Christie rakes in $6.2 million

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has raised just under $6.2 million for his reelection bid, his campaign announced Monday.

The first-term governor raised a total $6,166,158 as of May 3, the campaign said, including donations from 14,260 individual donors across all 50 states.


Christie’s campaign has $3.4 million on hand, even after a massive $1.2 million ad buy across the state last week.

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According to the campaign, 85 percent of the donations came from within New Jersey and 75 percent were donations of $100 or less.

State Sen. Barbara Buono, Christie’s Democratic opponent, has struggled to raise the kind of money it could take to compete with Christie this fall. She’s taken in $738,000 as of April 30, and has received $1.02 million in matching funds from the state. At her current fundraising rate, Buono won’t bring in enough money to qualify for the maximum matching funds in the primary.

Christie, who accepted public funds in 2009, turned down matching funds for the primary this time. He hasn’t said whether he’ll accept them for the general election.

Recent polling in the race shows Christie with a huge lead over Buono. A Quinnipiac poll released late last month showed Christie leading Buono 58 percent to 26 percent.