Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) announced in an email Friday that her 2020 presidential campaign has collected 1 million donations.
Why it matters: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the only other 2020 Democrat who has Warren beat, bringing in 2 million donations as of July 11, according to the New York Times. Both candidates are running grassroots campaigns, and have sworn off big-money fundraisers and corporate PACs.
- To date, Warren's campaign strategy has included releasing robust policy proposals and connecting with supporters by calling them on the phone and posting the interactions to social media.
What's next: The Democratic National Committee has prioritized grassroots campaigning by making the number of unique contributors a standard for the debates. For September's primary debate, candidates need to have raised funds from at least 130,000 contributors. Per the Times, as of Friday morning, just 8 of the 24 Democrats in the race had reached that threshold.
Exciting news: We just passed one million contributions made to our campaign!
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 26, 2019
We’re 100% grassroots-funded, & every person who chips in owns a piece of our movement. I couldn’t be more grateful. After Caitlyn made the millionth donation, I called with a double woo-hoo thank you! pic.twitter.com/UvupHb9qW6
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