Newt Gingrich’s campaign for president is more than $1 million in debt, according to the campaign’s financial report filed Saturday with the Federal Election Commission. The Georgia Republican and former Speaker of the House has raised nearly $2.9 million in his bid for the GOP nomination, while campaign has spent over $2.5 million.
The Georgia Republican and former Speaker of the House said on Saturday that he had approximately $350,000 in cash on hand and had brought in more than $800,000 in the last three months. The average donation to the campaign was $76. According to the filing, Gingrich did not contribute any of his own funds to the campaign over the last quarter.
The campaign’s debt is the highest among the candidates for the GOP nod, though former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman’s campaign is $890,000 in debt.
In a recent CNN poll reflecting surveys taken October 3-10, 6% of Republican voters said Gingrich was their choice for the presidential nomination.
