The figure narrowly exceeded the $5.9 million brought in by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
By Matt Viser Matt Viser National political reporter Email Bio Follow March 18 at 7:00 AM Beto O’Rourke reported raising more than $6.1 million during the first 24 hours of his presidential campaign, a record-setting haul that narrowly tops the amount announced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and dwarfs everyone else in the 2020 field.
In his first day as a candidate, Sanders reported raising $5.925 million from 223,000 donors, which brought his average contribution to $27. Several Democratic campaigns — those of Sen. Amy Klobuchar , Gov. Jay Inslee and former governor John Hickenlooper — said they raised about $1 million over 48 hours.
But the presence of so many candidates could complicate fundraising, because some of the candidates came into the race with overlapping lists of donors. O’Rourke eschewed the socialist label that Sanders embraces and said he considers himself a capitalist. When a CNN reporter asked Sanders about O’Rourke’s entry into the race, the senator shrugged. “Free country, anybody can run,” he said.
O’Rourke has pledged not to take donations from lobbyists or from corporate political action committees. He has not gone as far as Warren, who has said she will not hold any high-dollar fundraisers.
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