Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1 million in donations in one day, surpassing even Bernie Sanders
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In his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, Beto O’ Rourke raised an incredible $6.1 million, his campaign reports. To put this into perspective, this is more than any other 2020 Democratic contender, including even the (still very impressive) $5.Beto O'Rourke raises $6.1 million in donations in one day, surpassing even Bernie Sanders
In his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, Beto O’ Rourke raised an incredible $6.1 million, his campaign reports. To put this into perspective, this is more than any other 2020 Democratic contender, including even the (still very impressive) $5.9 million raised by Bernie Sanders. And remember: O’Rourke isn’t taking money from any PACs. “I’m not planning to do large-dollar fundraisers,” O’Rourke told reporters in Iowa on Saturday evening. “Right now, we’re ruling out taking any PAC money or any lobbyist money ever. I have no large-dollar fundraisers planned and I don’t plan to do them.” O’Rourke’s momentum isn’t too surprising, given how many people mobilized for him when he attempted to topple Republican Sen. Ted Cruz last year. Though O’Rourke lost to Cruz, he broke a fundraising record even then. For example, from Texas alone, the former representative brought in more than $30 million via online contributions between 2017 and 2018. The average donation? A humble $41. Read more