Bernie Sanders raised $18 million over the past three months, his campaign announced Tuesday — trailing significantly behind Pete Buttigieg after leading the Democratic pack in the first quarter of 2019.
Staffers said the Vermont senator has received more than 1 million individual contributions this year, and 45 percent of his donors are under the age of 40.
He also transferred $6 million from previous campaign accounts, his aides said.The top employer of donors this electoral cycle is Walmart. Sanders has called on the corporation to raise its minimum wage $15 per hour, and confronted its executives about its "starvation wages" at the annual shareholders meeting in June.
Buttigieg's campaign said Monday he brought in nearly $25 million in the last three months.
Sanders raised more than $18 million in the first quarter of his presidential campaign.
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