The campaigns of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang both saw end-of-2019 fundraising spikes, which make clear that their candidacies will push well into the 2020 primary elections.
Buttigieg has managed to pull in large contributions despite beginning his campaign without the benefit of a national network of online donors like those of former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders or Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. Buttigieg out-raised Biden in both the second and third quarters despite Biden's overwhelming advantage in terms of name recognition and Washington experience.
Buttigieg recorded 2 million donations from around 733,000 people since entering the race. About 326,000 people donated to Buttigieg in just the fourth quarter, the campaign announced this week. Buttigieg responded by saying"purity tests" are bad for the party as they face off against President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, who he said do not have"one hand tied behind [their] back."
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