Foulkes Raised More Money Than McKee in First Quarter of 2024

Foulkes Raised More Money Than McKee in First Quarter of 2024

Helena Foulkes, the unannounced candidate for the Democratic nomination for Rhode Island Governor in 2026, out-fundraised sitting Democratic Governor Dan McKee in the first quarter of 2024.

McKee defeated Foulkes by just 3,357 votes to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2022, which catapulted him to an overwhelming victory in November’s general election, where he beat Republican Ashley Kalus.

According to campaign finance reports filed by the two campaigns, Foulkes raised $203,700 — all from individual donations.

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Many of her donors max-out at $2,000, including former high-ranking CVS executive Chris Bodine, Douglas Cohen from Newport Hotel Group, her uncle and former United States Senator Chris Dodd, Textron’s Julie Duffy (the Rhode Island-headquartered company has been a target of Brown protesters), US Wind CEO Jeff Grybowski, and Donna Paolino of Paolino Properties, to name a few.

 

McKee's Fundraising

McKee raised $122,325 for the quarter.

He has an ending cash balance of $251,181.51.

McKee tapped donations from State House Lobbyists like Andrew Annaldo and Stephen Alves ($200 each); John Simmons, one of the architects of the Pawtucket soccer stadium deal ($500), and former Senate President and now head of the Rhode Island Hospital Association Teresa Paiva Weed ($250).