Americans Shockingly Uninterested in Donating to Newt Gingrich 6.80K Jim Newell 04/20/11 02:52PM Filed to: 2012 2012 Newt Gingrich Fundraising Donations Mitt Romney Appic Pity Newt Gingrich, the unpopular politician from the 1990s who now wants to be president. He raised only $53,000 in the first quarter of 2011. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney, for perspective, raised $2.2 and $1.9 million respectively.