Elizabeth Warren raised $19.1 million in three months and did it WITHOUT big-dollar fundraisers as only Buttigieg and Biden pulled in more cash
- Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren raised more than $19.1 million in the second quarter of 2019
- She had the third highest donor amount of the quarter even without holding big-dollar fundraising events
- Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden brought in the most money of any of the 25 candidates from April - June
- Mayor Buttigieg raised $24.8 million and Biden $21.5 million – but the former vice president had three less weeks of fundraising in the second quarter
- He announced his candidacy almost a month into the quarter
- President Trump's reelection campaign out-earned all the Democrat candidates
- He raised $54 million and the Republican National Committee raised another $51 million
Elizabeth Warren raised an impressive $19.1 million in the last three weeks, all without bringing in any money from big-dollar fundraisers.
The majority of her support in the second quarter of 2019 came from grassroots donors and small online contributions, which averaged $28, according to her campaign.
More than 80 per cent of the Massachusetts senator's donors gave to the campaign for the first time this quarter, which could show Warren is gaining traction in the race.
Warren is one of the more progressive candidates of the more than two dozen running in the primary race, and has regularly polled among the top five contenders.
Elizabeth Warren raised more than $19.1 million in the second quarter of 2019, all without hosting big-donor fundraisers
Both South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigeig (left) and former Vice President Joe Biden (right) raised more money than Warren – and Biden had three less months than all the candidates in the second quarter since he announced his candidacy and began collecting contributions on April 25
Warren has more donors than both Buttigieg and Biden, indicating her focus on individual supporters
She also spends a lot of time with her supporters, talking to them and taking pictures with those who attend her events – she has even boasted that she's taken more than 36,000 selfies on the campaign trail and at several events has announced she would stay until the very last person in line got to take a picture with her.
Since announcing, she has held 107 town halls, visited 23 states and Puerto Rico and has hired more than 300 people to help staff her campaign.
Other candidates hold private fundraising event with big-dollar donors, something Warren doesn't do.
There are only two other candidates who raised more money than Warren in the second quarter: front-runner Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg,
Buttigeig, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, raised the most, bring in $24.8 million from 294,000 donors.
Warren's more than $19.1 million was comprised from 384,000 donors, meaning that even though she brought in at least $5.7 million less than Buttigieg, she had a higher number of support from individual donors.
Former Vice President Biden's campaign raised $21.5 million, but had three less weeks in the quarter than the other candidates since he announced toward the end of April.
Warren has boasted that she's taken more than 36,000 selfies with supporters on the campaign trail, and she has 107 town halls and visited 23 states and Puerto Rico
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (right) raised $18 million and California Senator Kamala Harris (left) brought in $12 million. Sanders' campaign claimed it received more than 1 million donations, without breaking down the number of individual donors
Biden, a gaffe-prone candidate, has also lost some of his lead in the polls since the first Democratic primary debates last month.
He was confronted on stage by Senator Kamala Harris over his praise of pro-segregationist lawmakers – an interaction that left Harris to a boost fundraising and polling boost.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter and Harris brought in $12 million.
Sanders' campaign claims that $18 million came from more than 1 million donations, but did not provide a break down of the amount of individual donors.
All 25 candidates have to submit their fundraising numbers to the Federal Elections Commission by July 15 at the latest.
In the second quarter of 2019, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign raised $54 million – more than double Buttigieg's fundraising numbers – and the Republican National Committee raised another $51 million.
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