Jeb Bush: Campaigns Don't Need to Spend $1 Billion to Win in 2016
Money will be crucial for every 2016 candidate, but Jeb Bush sees a pathway to victory for under $1 billion.
Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, gestures as he speaks during an event at a Pizza Ranch restaurant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., on Saturday, March 7, 2015.
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Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor exploring a run for president, said Sunday that contrary to what many campaigns are identifying as a must-have fund-raising number, a successful 2016 candidate does not need to raise $1 billion.
"I don't think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States in 2016," Bush told reporters outside Burger & Beer Joint, a restaurant and bar in South Beach. "I don't think it's necessary if you run the right kind of campaign, you don't need to have these massive amounts of money to spend."