Warren's campaign is betting that banning donor calls, private donor meetings and high-dollar private fundraisers will elevate her as the principled leader in a crowded primary race
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s decision to block big donors from having special access to her presidential campaign amounts to voluntary disarmament – a major risk that could send precious dollars to competing campaigns.
But they could also help her make the case that she shouldn’t be dismissed as irrelevant or unviable when the first fundraising period closes on March 31. Warren is expected to significantly under-perform Bernie Sanders and other leading candidates.Sign Up Warren already has $12 million in the bank, the amount left over from her Senate campaign run, giving her flexibility to build a nationwide infrastructure. Opposing campaigns privately point out that she raised that money with the help of big donors and the tactics she’s shunning moving forward.