Pete Buttigieg raises a massive $24.8 million in 2nd quarter


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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg raised a massive $24.8 million in the second quarter of 2019, his campaign announced on Monday.
This total, as reported by The New York Times, more than triples the $7.1 million Buttigieg raised during the first quarter of the year. That $7.1 million was already considered quite impressive for a candidate who entered the race with little name recognition, but now, the Times writes that he may have amassed one of the largest second-quarter totals of any candidate.
We don't know for sure how this number compares to rival campaigns considering Buttigieg is the first Democratic candidate to announce his fundraising total for the second quarter of the year, although former Vice President Joe Biden indicated last month that he had raised around $20 million leading up to the first Democratic debate, CNN reports.
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Buttigieg didn't officially launch his presidential campaign until April, but he announced an exploratory committee in January. The campaign on Monday said that it currently has $22.6 million in cash on hand and 230,000 new donors in the second quarter.
The $24.8 million total didn't just blow past pundits' expectations, but also the campaign's, as CNN reports an internal goal had been set at $15 million in April. The Buttigieg campaign said on Monday that this total "shows that Pete's message is resonating with Americans, and it's proof that we are building an organization that can compete."
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Brendan is a staff writer at The Week. A graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in journalism, he also writes about horror films for Bloody Disgusting and has previously contributed to The Cheat Sheet, Heavy, WhatCulture, and more. He lives in New York City surrounded by Star Wars posters.
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