Presidential candidate Bush raises $13.4 million in latest quarter
By Steve Holland and Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jeb Bush, who has struggled to connect with voters in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, raised $13.4 million in the latest quarter, his campaign reported on Thursday, an amount that pales in comparison to the heady, early days of his campaign. The donations for the quarter, which included the month of August, when much political activity slows for summer vacations, put Bush behind only retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson in money raised among the 15 Republicans seeking their party's nomination for the November 2016 election. The leader in opinion polls among Republicans, Donald Trump, is largely self-financing.