Chris Christie, Tim Scott reach donor requirement to participate in first GOP debate, Trump yet to commit
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GOP presidential candidates Chris Christie and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott both surpassed 40,000 campaign donors, qualifying them for the RNC debate.
"And [to] give you some perspective because I ran eight years ago, in 35 days eight years ago, we had 5,000 donors. Over 40,000 donors now," Christie said. "There is a donor in every state in America, and we have over 200 donors in 36 states. So there’s really a broad support for the candidacy." Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Scott's campaign, in sharing its fundraising figures first with Fox News on Wednesday, wrote in a memo that "we can also proudly confirm Tim will be on the debate stage for months to come thanks to over 145,000 donations from over 53,000 unique donors across all 50 states."