Republican candidate for mayor Joe Lhota is raising a lot of campaign money, and fast.
The former head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority just got into the mayor’s race in January, and only started raising money on the 17th of that month. But in less than eight weeks, he has raised about $720,000, a source tells NY1.
That’s about $100,000 a week.
The deadline for the latest fundraising period was midnight on Monday.
In the coming days, other candidates will be revealing how well they are expanding their war chests.
Lhota’s fundraising totals were of particular interest because it’s the first indication of how much traction his campaign is gaining with New Yorkers. However, it’s not known how much Lhota has spent over the past eight weeks.
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