And while Mr. Gingrich, like other would-be grass-roots candidates, is counting on an outpouring of small checks, he has won the allegiance of only a small number of the high-dollar donors who can help a candidate raise tens of millions of dollars over a few months.
As of September, only 293 donors had given Mr. Gingrich the maximum primary donation of $2,500; Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, Representative Ron Paul of Texas, and Jon M. Huntsman Jr., the former governor of Utah, all attracted more such donors. And Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, reported nearly 8,000 donors who had contributed the maximum, while Gov. Rick Perry of Texas had close to 5,000.
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