WASHINGTON _ Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised more than $6 million in the first quarter of 2019 for her presidential bid, with the average donor pitching in $28, according to her campaign.
Warren's campaign manager Roger Lau released the figures Tuesday in an email to supporters.
The amount puts her behind several others in the top tier of candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Bernie Sanders, who is the current front-runner among the declared candidates in polls, reported raising $18.2 million for his presidential bid in the first three months of the year, and Beto O'Rourke raised $9.4 million in just 18 days following his presidential campaign announcement in March.
California Sen. Kamala Harris has said she raised $12 million from more than 218,000 individual contributions, while Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., reported collecting $7 million.
Warren took the unusual step in February of swearing off high-dollar fundraisers and receptions as she runs a populist campaign vowing to take on financial elites and corporations, who she argues are using their clout to exploit ordinary Americans. The move raised questions about whether small donations would be enough to power a successful primary campaign in a crowded field of Democrats.
