more than 100 people attended the fundraiser, which took place at longview country club in waxhaw, north carolina, on the south carolina state line. | ap photo by ben schreckinger 10/17/16 12:13 pm edt updated 10/17/16 12:26 pm edt donald trump raked in $1.3 million from south carolina donors at a fundraiser on friday, a figure his team is hailing as a state record for a single event, according to two people involved. the event provided a bright spot for the campaign amid a week of mounting allegations of sexual assault, souring relations with republican leaders and more state and national polls showing trump trailing hillary clinton. story continued below the event, which took place on the north carolina side of the border, raised a total of $1.5 million, but $1.3 million of that came from south carolina donors, according to that state<u+2019>s lt. gov. henry mcmaster and a campaign official who was not authorized to speak about fundraising on the record. the previous south carolina record belonged to the $1.1 million haul at a 2004 fundraiser for george w. bush, hosted by then-south carolina rep. david wilkins, who went on to serve as bush<u+2019>s ambassador to canada. friday<u+2019>s event was initially scheduled to take place in charleston, south carolina, this summer but was postponed and rescheduled to accommodate trump<u+2019>s campaign schedule, which had him holding a rally in charlotte, north carolina, on friday. more than 100 people attended the fundraiser, which took place at longview country club in waxhaw, north carolina, on the south carolina state line, and most of the attendees trekked in from the other side of the border. tickets to the event cost $2,700, while <u+201c>table hosts<u+201d> gave or raised $27,000 and co-chairs gave or raised $100,000. the club<u+2019>s developer mel graham, a nephew of southern baptist evangelist billy graham, attended the fundraiser. a handful of donors from the charlotte area who had not yet been tapped by the campaign chipped in roughly $200,000. federal election commission records do not tie contributions to specific fundraisers, and trump campaign spokesman jason miller did not respond to a request for comment. the event was co-chaired by alan clemons, van hipp jr., robert royall, jim shore and joe taylor. the event<u+2019>s finance chairmen were mcmaster, bill stern and ed mcmullen, who is also trump<u+2019>s south carolina co-chairman and led the fundraising for the event. despite trump<u+2019>s electoral woes, mcmaster, among the most prominent officials to endorse trump early in the primary season, said attendees were optimistic and energized. <u+201c>there were longtime republican leaders from all across the state and they were highly enthusiastic,<u+201d> said mcmaster, who declined to name individual leaders. <u+201c>there was a lot of cheering going on.<u+201d> by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
trump camp claims record-breaking carolina fundraiser - politico
ben schreckinger jack shafer