Chris Christie's campaign is putting all of its chips on a strong showing in New Hampshire. | AP Photo Christie has just $1 million cash on hand

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's campaign raised almost $3 million in the last three months of 2015 but has only a little over $1 million cash on hand, the campaign confirmed on Sunday evening.

Those fundraising numbers represent a bit of a decline from the third quarter, when Christie's campaign reported raising a little more than $4.2 million and had $1.3 million cash on hand.


The latest fundraising report, first reported by the Washington Post, comes ahead of the first voting of the primary season, with the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Christie is not expected to place in the top four in Iowa, despite holding last-minute campaign events with Iowa's popular Gov. Terry Branstad (the governor has said he has no plans to endorse Christie or any other candidate, though he has spoken out against Texas Sen. Ted Cruz).

Christie's campaign is putting all of its chips on a strong showing in New Hampshire, where the New Jersey governor has focused most of his campaign efforts and has received endorsement of the Manchester-based Union Leader. But Christie faces a stiff challenge among moderate Republican voters from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. A poor showing in New Hampshire, where he's held more town halls than anyone but Kasich, would almost certainly put his candidacy in jeopardy.

Kasich over the weekend was endorsed by The New York Times and, as first reported by POLITICO, is getting a fresh cash infusion of $4 million from supporters giving to the pro-Kasich New Day for America super PAC.