NUMBERS WE’RE WATCHING CLOSELY TONIGHT ABOUT THE MONEY RAISED.
JEFF BENNETT HAS MORE
ON THAT.
>> Reporter: NOW
OFFICIALLY IN A
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
YEAR AND THE
CANDIDATES ARE IN A
DASH FOR CASH.
TONIGHT, MANY OF THE
CAMPAIGNS RELEASING
NEW FUNDRAISING
NUMBERS SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS SMASHING
THROUGH HIS OWN
FUNDRAISING RECORD,
HIS CAMPAIGN
ANNOUNCING IT HAULED
IN MORE THAN $34.5
MILLION FOR THE FOURTH
QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
SANDERS RIDING A WAVE
OF SMALL GRASS ROOTS
DONATIONS CONSISTENTLY
OUT RAISING HIS
DEMOCRATIC COMPETITOR.
HIS TOTAL IS $10
MILLION MORE THAN THE
ROUGHLY $25 MILLION
THAT FORMER MAYOR PETE
BUTTIGIEG RAISED WITH
JOE BIDEN’S CAMPAIGN
POSTING WHAT IT CALLS
THE STRONGEST
FUNDRAISING QUARTER TO
DAYLIGHT.
$22.7 MILLION IN THE
BANK.
>> THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING YOURSELF ON
THE LINE, VOUCHING FOR
ME AND THE FAMILY.
>> Reporter:
ENTREPRENEUR ANDREW
YANG RANKING IN $16.5
MILLION BUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP BEATS EACH OF
THE DEMOCRATIC
CONTENDERS IN THE
FUNDRAISING FRENZY
RAISING $46 MILLION
OVER THE SAME PERIOD
EVEN AS HE BATTLED
IMPEACHMENT.
AND JUST WEEKS BEFORE
PRIMARY VOTING BEGINS,
CANDIDATE JULIAN
CASTRO TODAY CALLED IT