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‘You must act fast:’ Katie Porter is selling her fundraising list — at a discount

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24.02.2024

Rep. Katie Porter is holding a fire sale for her highly prized fundraising list as she scrambles to raise last-minute cash in California’s Senate race.

Porter is among the country’s best online fundraisers, and her private database of donor emails and phone numbers is a top-performing asset in Democratic politics.

The new sales offers, which in recent days went out to digital advisers and were obtained by POLITICO, state that the list has generated $75 million over recent election cycles. Prices for past donors start at $.65 each.

“Reaching out because we are selling Katie Porter’s email and phone lists to a select group of potential buyers for a limited time only until COB March 1st,” the solicitation states. “There will be no exceptions to this timing, so you must act fast.”

While it’s not uncommon for politicians to sell their fundraising lists after an election or in the closing days of a general election, doing so during a primary is an unusual and risky move, and if Porter does advance beyond March 5, she will need to rely on those donors in a likely rematch with another fundraising juggernaut, Rep. Adam Schiff.

Selling her list could cheapen its potency, subjecting donors to fundraising........

© Politico


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