Bernie Sanders saw a $2.6-million fundraising surge after his New Hampshire win | The Week

Bernie rakes it in. — (Image credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Though Bernie Sanders currently has two fewer New Hampshire delegates than rival Hillary Clinton at Tuesday night's primary, he overwhelmingly won the state's popular vote. And when he did, money came pouring in, Politico reports.

From when polls closed at 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., the Vermont senator's campaign netted $2.6 million in donations.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.