How many fundraisers has romney attended

One major Romney donor, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss fundraising practices behind the scenes, acknowledged that Romney financiers who serve as event hosts or are listed as members of campaign finance committees are likely Romney's bundlers and generally asked to raise a certain amount. Romney's largest source of donations is employees at Goldman Sachs , the New York-based investment and securities firm. Satter was a co-chairman of Romney's national finance committee during his unsuccessful presidential bid.

Satter did not return several telephone messages from the AP. But his activities bear the hallmarks of a major fundraiser.

Harrison, was a lead fundraiser at a New York event for Romney in mid-December. Lee and former Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, now the firm's director of Florida, Central American and Caribbean operations — hosted a separate December fundraiser for Romney.

An Oct. He also helped organize volunteers and supporters for the campaign. Dumezich said his goal was to inspire others to support Romney, encouraging them to write checks and to find others to give money.

Dumezich said he doesn't mind being identified as supporting Romney. But he said he doesn't have an opinion about whether Romney's campaign should also disclose how much he and others are raising.

Several Romney fundraisers are now saying many of the big donors that had been staying "on the sidelines" in the primary are coming to their camp and writing big checks. Romney is ramping up his fundraising schedule, focusing on events with high-dollar donors in the Northeast and elsewhere around the country, in between campaign stops.

A breakfast last week at the Marriott Marquis in New York City hosted by Jets owner Woody Johnson, smaller private lunches and dinners in Manhattan, and events in Florida, Connecticut, and Boston, have or will help fill the coffers ahead of the long road to November. Upcoming fundraisers on May 16 and 17 in Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, and Boca Raton are expected to reel in millions for the effort.

The events will be tiered, arranged so that the more a donor gives, the more time he or she will get to spend with the presumptive GOP nominee. Big names attending the Florida fundraisers included developer Al Hoffman, who, despite having been a former Republican National Committee finance chairman who bundled for George W. Bush, stayed on the sidelines during the primary until very recently.

A Romney backer in Florida, who asked not to be named, said in a Friday phone call that updated high-dollar donors and bundlers on the state of the campaign described the fundraising as "very, very positive. Over the past year, he has made regular stops at restaurants, hotels, law firms and private clubs in New York to collect donations. He is regularly joined by wealthy investment, hedge fund and banking executives who have signed on to run fundraisers. One major Romney donor, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss fundraising practices behind the scenes, acknowledged that Romney financiers who serve as event hosts or are listed as members of campaign finance committees are likely Romney's bundlers and generally asked to raise a certain amount.

Romney's largest source of donations is employees at Goldman Sachs, the New York based investment and securities firm. Satter was a co-chairman of Romney's national finance committee during his unsuccessful presidential bid. Satter did not return several telephone messages from the AP.

But his activities bear the hallmarks of a major fundraiser. Harrison, was a lead fundraiser at a New York event for Romney in mid-December.

Lee and former Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, now the firm's director of Florida, Central American and Caribbean operations -- hosted a separate December fundraiser for Romney.

An Oct. He also helped organize volunteers and supporters for the campaign. Dumezich said his goal was to inspire others to support Romney, encouraging them to write checks and to find others to give money. Dumezich said he doesn't mind being identified as supporting Romney.