'Of the more than 2 million donations we received this month, over 1.4 million were from voters in states that vote on Super Tuesday,' campaign manger Faiz Shakir said.
Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders significantly surpassed his previous highest one month fundraising record in February, raising more than $46 million.
"The senator's multigenerational, multiracial working class coalition keeps fueling his campaign for transformational change a few bucks at a time," Faiz Shakir, the senator's campaign manager, said in a statement via a campaign press release about the fundraising. The presumptive Republican nominee, President Donald Trump, is the only presidential contender to have outraised Sanders thus far. At the end of January, his campaign had taken in more than $217 million while outside groups had raised more than $35 million to support his re-election,Despite Sanders significant loss in South Carolina, the candidate appears strong as he heads into Super Tuesday.
"I want to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory tonight," the progressive senator tweeted."I believe very strongly that the people of this country—on Super Tuesday and after—will support us because we are more than a campaign. We are a movement. Chip in tonight to help us go forward."
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