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Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, one of California’s most prominent Republicans, told Breitbart News Wednesday that the Jeb Bush campaign used his name on a fundraising invitation without permission.

Arizona State Senator Kelli Ward (R-Lake Havasu City) announced Wednesday that she will resign her elected position and will work full-time to defeat entrenched D.C. Republican, Sen. John McCain.

Political analytics website Crowdpac has launched a new crowdfunding tool that allows any American–with any political ideology–to collect money to run for public office.

LOS ANGELES — On Monday and Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden visits Los Angeles in search of more political cash. It is the first trip he has made to the area since September, when rumors still floated that he would seek the presidency in 2016.

Arizona state Senator Kelli Ward raised $525,000 in the first quarter in her pursuit to oust five-term U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ). Ward raised the sum from 2,100 individuals, according to the campaign.

Dr. Ben Carson, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, is furious that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) would use his birthday to try to boost its fundraising coffers.

Good news for former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX): – the campaign has resumed paying some of its staff after financial issues forced them to freeze pay.

There is still no word on when the campaign might be able to resume paying staff, or what fundraising threshold they want to meet first. Still, with the millions of dollars the PACs have to spend, and the campaign funds remaining sufficient to support Perry’s travel schedule, he should be able to sustain the campaign for several more months.

As Rick Perry’s presidential campaign suspended paying staff, Breitbart News has learned that “over ninety percent” of the staff were staying on.

For some wealthy donors, it doesn’t matter who takes the White House in 2016—as long as the president’s name is Clinton or Bush.

Cruz received more than 175,000 donations, and the average contribution was $81. Donors from every state in the nation and five territories backed him, and he has donors in 48 percent of all postal ZIP codes in America. Outside groups backing Cruz have also raised an addition $38 million.

Breitbart News previously reported that Rubio’s campaign had raised more than $12 million. The final figures, as reported by Politico, are $12,942,732.44 raised (including $3.2 million transferred over from Rubio’s Senate campaign account) and $3,083,666.95 spent. This resulted in a total $9,859,065.49 cash on hand and a burn rate of 18.37 percent.

The Clinton campaign raised $47.5 million, spent $18.7 million, with a total debt of $574,000, and cash on hand of $28.85 million. This is a burn rate of nearly 40 percent, a figure that is generally considered to be high at this point in the campaign cycle.

GOP presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) has roughly eight million dollars raised since launching his campaign about two months ago, on May 5th.

The presidential campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is reporting raising more than $12 million through the end of June, slightly more than the $11.4 million reported by the campaign of Rubio’s fellow Floridian, former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL).

In a statement provided to Breitbart News, Perry campaign manager Jeff Miller touted the collective fundraising efforts. “Americans are looking for a tested leader with an optimistic vision for the future, and we are pleased with the broad support Gov. Perry is receiving across the country,” said Miller. “Governor Perry is well positioned and between the campaign and independent sources, the necessary funds will be in place to run a competitive, successful campaign.”

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) raked in an impressive more than $7 million in the last Federal Election Commission (FEC) fundraising quarter which includes receipts through the joint fundraising committee, his campaign told Breitbart News exclusively.

Rubio’s official campaign has not released its fundraising totals yet. Sources close to the campaign told Breitbart News that they would release numbers soon and expressed confidence that the campaign would have the resources needed to be competitive.

The self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders is packing in listeners and pulling in cash. Some 10,000 supporters came to see him speak in Madison, Wisconsin this week, and he raised $15 million between April and July.

The numbers, provided to Breitbart News by Carson campaign spokesman Doug Watts, are nothing short of incredible for a first-time political candidate’s effort. Since March 3, Carson has raised $10.5 million. Some $8.3 million of that is in the quarter that just wrapped Tuesday evening. Since March 3, he’s earned 209,940 separate donations to his presidential effort—and 151,060 unique donors.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton weren’t the only two top-level Democrats on the West Coast this weekend – on Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) fired up the progressive base at a pair of L.A.-area fundraising events to benefit his 2016

In the wake of the horrific shooting deaths of nine people at a Charleston, South Carolina church on Wednesday, comedian Marc Maron was not sure his interview with President Obama was going to go on as scheduled.

Six weeks ago, the Huffington Post’s lead article was “Why Hillary Can’t Lose.” But the S.S. Clinton campaign that steams into southern California on Friday increasingly looks like the arrogant crew of the Titanic that continued to run full-throttle after hitting an iceberg, because their ship was “Practically Unsinkable.”

Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders, an underdog in comparison to his competitor Hillary Clinton for the 2016 presidential nomination, drew larger crowds over the weekend than Clinton did at an event Monday in New York City.

“I have to tell you, I’ve looked at this thing that Jeb Bush has created, I don’t know how in the world that’s legal,” campaign finance lawyer Cleta Mitchell tells Breitbart News, referring to his formation of a leadership PAC and Super PAC, but no known “testing the waters” account.

Dr. Ben Carson’s presidential campaign shared his early fundraising numbers exclusively with Breitbart News, proving that he—like many other 2016 conservative presidential candidates—will be a force to be reckoned with on the campaign trail.

Hillary Clinton continues to dodge direct media questions as she jets off for her first official fundraising trip to the Bay Area since quietly making her campaign for President official.

As Hillary Clinton kicks off her campaign, she’s looking to EMILY’s List to help. But when Boomer Democrats open their wallets to EMILY’s List, they’ll be entrusting their cash to an organization with a pitiful record of success and hopes for outreach to a demographic that, philosophically, no longer shares the “abortion is women’s freedom” value.

Hollywood executives are opening their checkbooks–and new Super PACs–for Hillary Clinton as she makes a second run at the presidency. Ted Johnson and James Rainey report for Variety that Hollywood is far more unified behind Clinton than they were in 2008, when Barack Obama successfully split the liberal donor base. This time, heavyweights such as Jeffrey Katzenberg are joining Clinton loyalists like Haim Saban to provide the big money to fuel her 2016 campaign.

Hillary Clinton’s upcoming run at the White House will reportedly have a unified backing from Hollywood Democrats, who were divided in their support between Hillary and eventual nominee Barack Obama in 2008.

After weeks of pushing fundraising pleas to potential re-election supporters, Senator John McCain has announced he will seek another six years in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Senator John McCain’s wife Cindy has joined in an intensifying fundraising effort in a Saturday hard sell for donations that comes as the incumbent, some call weakened, appears to be feeling the heat from dissatisfied constituents and impending primary challengers heading into 2016.

Per a Washington Post report, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) claims that after the 2013 government shutdown over the Affordable Care Act both he and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) “had their money spigot turned off by (GOP) leadership because blocking access to money is how leadership disciplines members.

John McCain hasn’t announced a reelection bid yet, but he’s already asking his friends to pony up to support him.

Democrats apparently think they can benefit financially if DHS shuts down. They sent out an email Saturday that alerted donors Republicans had shut down the Department of Homeland Security — even though Congress actually avoided doing so.

Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who lost in a primary last year because of his support for amnesty for illegal aliens, will host a high-dollar fundraiser with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in Richmond later this month, Breitbart News has learned.