Sanders Says He Raised $25 Million in January, Campaign’s Best Month
- Campaign plans $5.5 million ad buys in Super Tuesday states
- Cash infusion comes from 1.3 million donations averaging $19
Bernie Sanders in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 3.
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After raising $25 million in January, Bernie Sanders is ready to kick his campaign spending into high gear, planning big expenditures in Super Tuesday states.
The Vermont senator had his single best fundraising month to date, his campaign said, with more than 648,000 individuals, including 219,000 first-time givers, making over 1.3 million donations. By comparison, in the last three months of 2019, the campaign took in $34.4 million, an average of $11.5 million a month.