North Carolina governor candidate Stein’s marketing campaign raises about $6 million in previous 6 months

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein‘s campaign announced Monday it collected nearly $6 million during the first half of the year, an amount following the Democrat’s sturdy fundraising for his previous profitable elections for lawyer normal.

Campaign finance studies for the primary six months aren’t due on the State Board of Elections till July 28. It’s commonplace for candidates with sturdy monetary showings to provide an early reveal to construct momentum. Stein is the lone high-profile Democrat within the 2024 race for governor to this point, getting within the race in January. He’s amassed many endorsements so removed from Democratic elected officers and advocacy teams.

A information launch from the Josh Stein for North Carolina marketing campaign described the $5.98 million raised by way of June 30 as a “record-breaking total” for any gubernatorial candidate within the state at this level within the election cycle.

North Carolina donors “are fueling our fight headed into 2024, and we could not be more grateful for their unprecedented support,” Stein marketing campaign supervisor Jeff Allen mentioned within the launch.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who’s barred from in search of a 3rd consecutive time period, raised $4.80 million by way of his marketing campaign committee through the first half of 2019 and $2.16 million through the first half of 2015, when Cooper was nonetheless lawyer normal. Stein succeeded him as lawyer normal and received reelection in 2020.

Stein‘s marketing campaign additionally mentioned it can report back to the elections board having $8.2 million in its coffers as of June 30 and elevating $11.2 million total since early 2021.

Supreme Court Associate Justice Mike Morgan, a Democrat, mentioned not too long ago that he was contemplating a run for governor.