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Delaney announced he would run for president rather than re-election and was the first Democrat to file with the [[FEC]] as early as 2017. DNC rules require a candidate to have 65,000 small-dollar donors (less than $250) to participate in the First Debate; after two years Delaney was still lagging behind the 65,000 donor mark and promised to transfer $2 from each new donor to [[Planned Parenthood]] or several other non-profit groups, including an anti-Second Amendment group.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/20/delaneys_fundraising_tactic_raises_abortion_issue_139797.html Delaney's Fundraising Tactic Raises Abortion Issue], By Philip Wegmann, March 20, 2019.</ref> After being eliminated, unspent funds can be channeled to other political campaigns,<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/170</ref> other candidates, non-profit groups, or used in a so-called walking dead or "zombie campaign".<ref>https://campaignlegal.org/update/zombie-campaign-redux-former-members-congress-continue-use-leftover-campaign-cash-personal</ref> Most regard Delaney's stunt as a nationwide fundraising scam to raise out of state money for a 2022 election bid against the incumbent Republican governor of Maryland.<ref>https://redmaryland.com/2016/03/john-delaney-is-playing-like-loser/</ref> Delaney has raised $21 million as of the first quarter of 2019.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033897&cycle=Career</ref>

Delaney announced he would run for president rather than re-election and was the first Democrat to file with the [[FEC]] as early as 2017. DNC rules require a candidate to have 65,000 small-dollar donors (less than $250) to participate in the First Debate; after two years Delaney was still lagging behind the 65,000 donor mark and promised to transfer $2 from each new donor to [[Planned Parenthood]] or several other non-profit groups, including an anti-Second Amendment group.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/20/delaneys_fundraising_tactic_raises_abortion_issue_139797.html Delaney's Fundraising Tactic Raises Abortion Issue], By Philip Wegmann, March 20, 2019.</ref> After being eliminated, unspent funds can be channeled to other political campaigns,<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/170</ref> other candidates, non-profit groups, or used in a so-called walking dead or "zombie campaign".<ref>https://campaignlegal.org/update/zombie-campaign-redux-former-members-congress-continue-use-leftover-campaign-cash-personal</ref> Most regard Delaney's stunt as a nationwide fundraising scam to raise out of state money for a 2022 election bid against the incumbent Republican governor of Maryland.<ref>https://redmaryland.com/2016/03/john-delaney-is-playing-like-loser/</ref> Delaney has raised $21 million as of the first quarter of 2019.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033897&cycle=Career</ref>

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