| Last week, Gary Peters' campaign cracked the top ten fund-raising efforts through ActBlue. This week, Peters moves up to number four, and Mark Schauer's campaign comes in at number 10. Peters' campaign raised $15,000 last week through ActBlue, according to an ActBlue e-mail, and Schauer's campaign raised $8,645. Here is what the e-mail had to say about the Peters campaign. After debuting in the eighth spot on our Top 10 list last week, Peters has pushed his way into the Top 5 this week. This past weekend, the Peters campaign launched its new "Take Action Now" initiative, in which Gary Peters and supporters will take time off from the campaign trail to volunteer with community service programs across Oakland County. The first volunteer event was the Stogdill Pancake Breakfast in Pontiac, Michigan, and the campaign intends to volunteer with community service programs across Oakland county. This isn't the first time Peters has mobilized volunteers to help his community: in 1997, Peters formed "NetDay Michigan," a grassroots organization that "installed donated wiring and computers in twenty-two schools, libraries, and recreation centers."
And about the Schauer campaign. Schauer, who built a career in community services, has recently attracted donations through an ActBlue page acknowledging Schauer's reliability as an advocate for children. The Schauer example highlights an important feature of ActBlue: by being explicit about the issue that drives a community to support a given candidate, the candidate can better understand what matters to his supporters.
You can find Peters' ActBlue page here, and Schauer's here. |
