--- title: How Much Money Failed Presidential Candidates Have Blown Through This Election description: Jeb Bush suspended his campaign following the South Carolina Primary, wasting over $118 million raised by the Right to Rise Super PAC. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-02-21T15:07:35.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T10:05:14.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - Campaign Finance - Election 2016 - jeb bush word_count: 375 canonical: https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Republican presidential candidates, cnn debates](https://img.money.com/2015/09/150917_em_republicandebate_grab_1.jpg) Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, [suspended his campaign](https://time.com/4231693/jeb-bush-ends-campaign-president/) Saturday night after a crippling defeat in the South Carolina primary. It was a tough loss for the Republican, made all the more bitter when you consider how much money he raised and spent on his abandoned campaign. As of January 31, Bush had [raised more than $118 million](http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/) through the Right to Rise Super PAC and about $32 million directly through his campaign. That's the most of any candidate save Hillary Clinton, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. An additional $55,000 came from [Millennials Rising](http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=C00571950), another conservative super PAC. (Perhaps now Bush will have more time to get his [personal investments in order.](https://money.com/investing-mistake-jeb-bush/)) According to the Huffington Post, the Right to Rise Super PAC has only about [about $2.5 million](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-super-pac-right-to-rise_us_56c9131be4b041136f174a2e?bdv4pldi) left in its once-bulging coffers. Much was made of Bush's fundraising on Twitter after he announced his dropout. Clinton has raised $163,672,986, most of that directly through her campaign. Ted Cruz follows with **$89,637,194** raised, while Bernie Sanders has pulled in **$75,068,120**, putting him in fourth. Trump's haul puts him behind both Ben Carson and Marco Rubio. Here's a tally of how much the other also-rans spent this election season according to the [Center for Responsive Politics](http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/also-rans.php): 1. **Scott Walker**: $24,436,318 from outside money, $7,973,750 from committee money = **$32,410,068** 2. **Chris Christie**: $19,498,758 from outside money, $7,159,329 from committee money = **$26,658,087** 3. **Carly Fiorina**: $13,015,651 from outside money, $11,349,057 from committee money = **$24,364,708** 4. **Rand Paul**: $10,591,125 from outside money, $11,408,766 from committee money = **$21,999,891** 5. **Rick Perry**: $15,231,068 from outside money, $1,427,133 from committee money = **$16,658,201** 6. **Lindsey Graham**: $10,017,014 from outside money, $4,762,211 from committee money = **$14,779,225** 7. **Mike Huckabee**: $5,714,126 from outside money, $3,950,146 from committee money = **$9,664,272** 8. **Bobby Jindal**: $4,517,207 from outside money, $1,442,464 from committee money = **$5,959,671** 9. **Martin O'Malley**: $1,105,138 from outside money, $4,791,834 from committee money = **$5,896,972** 10. **George Pataki**:$1,547,674 from outside money, $544,183 from committee money = **$2,091,857** 11. **Rick Santorum**: $639,151 from outside money, $1,302,885 from committee money = **$1,942,036** 12. **Jim Webb**: $27,092 from outside money, $764,992 from committee money = **$792,084** 13. **Jim Gilmore**: $305,172 from outside money, $214,440 from committee money = **$519,612** **Grand Total of Drop-Out Money Spent:** **$314,020,780** ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elections", "item": "https://money.com/elections/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "How Much Money Failed Presidential Candidates Have Blown Through This Election" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/", "name": "How Much Money Failed Presidential Candidates Have Blown Through This Election", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-02-21T15:07:35.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T10:05:14.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "How Much Money Failed Presidential Candidates Have Blown Through This Election", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/09/150917_em_republicandebate_grab_1.jpg", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "caption": "150917_EM_RepublicanDebate_GRAB_1" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-02-21T15:07:35.000Z", "description": "Jeb Bush suspended his campaign following the South Carolina Primary, wasting over $118 million raised by the Right to Rise Super PAC.", "abstract": "Jeb Bush suspended his campaign following the South Carolina Primary, wasting over $118 million raised by the Right to Rise Super PAC.", "@id": "https://money.com/election-2016-money-spent/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-16T10:05:14.000Z", "wordCount": 375, "keywords": [ "Campaign Finance", "Election 2016", "jeb bush" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Political economy", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_economy" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Election", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election" ] } ] } ] } ```