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The group,
America Leads, said donors responded to the New Jersey
governor's "willingness to tell it like it is." Christie in June
joined the pack of candidates seeking the Republican nomination
for the November 2016 election.
Christie has given a series of policy speeches in recent weeks
to separate himself from the Republican pack, which includes 15
announced candidates so far.
But fundraising is another way to do that, and some of
Christie's rivals have outraised the outspoken New Jersey
governor, who has struggled to gain traction in national polls.
A Super PAC supporting governor Florida Governor Jeb Bush raked
in $103 million as of the end of June.
Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas has also emerged as a heavy
fundraiser, bringing in more than $51 million including Super
PAC fundraising in the three months through June.
In the latest Monmouth University poll of Republican voters
nationwide, Christie garnered support from only 2 percent of
those polled. He ranked behind rivals such as Bush and
businessman Donald Trump.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson; additional reporting by Luciana
Lopez; Editing by Sandra Maler, Bernard Orr)
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