Bernie Sanders Catching Up to Hillary Clinton With Torrent of Small Donations
The Vermont senator is gaining on Clinton in the polls while raking in small-dollar donations and holding down spending.
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The two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination are raising far more than anyone else on either side of the race, though the senator in second place is quickly catching up to the front-runner.
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign raised $29.9 million during the third quarter—almost all of it going to her primary war chest—ending it with nearly $33 million cash on hand, according to its Thursday filing with the Federal Election Commission. But with a staff of hundreds, and dozens of offices in early primary and caucus states—plus a sizable team at her Brooklyn headquarters–the campaign spent close to $25.8 million over the course of the quarter.