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WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers.
Perry associates and supporters say the Texan’s campaign has redoubled its money-raising efforts in the past week to ensure that the candidate will have enough money to survive the first three contests of the 2012 election calendar: Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
One Perry fundraiser, who asked not to be identified, said he expects the Texas governor to raise between $3 million and $5 million in the final three months of 2012 — less than one-third of what he generated in the first six weeks of his candidacy.
