Andrew Yang nearly quadrupled his fundraising haul this quarter

Andrew Yang isn't just having fun anymore.

The 2020 longshot has started looking a lot less like a longshot over the past few weeks as he beats out senators and governors for debate spots and in primary polls. And his $10 million third quarter fundraising haul, which he revealed Wednesday, only seals the deal.

Yang's third-quarter fundraising dwarfs the $2.8 million he'd raised in the previous quarter, and similarly crushes the totals from some longtime politicians running for the presidency. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced he'd pulled in $6 million during the third quarter and is still considered to be a serious contender in the race, while Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said he'd raised $2.1 million. Yang isn't even far behind Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who had an $11.6 haul.

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Still, Yang's total finds him far behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who had a recordbreaking quarter with $25.3 million raised, he announced Tuesday. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg nearly doubled Yang's total with $19 million, and frontrunners Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have yet to reveal what they took in.

Yang, meanwhile, seems the opposite of concerned. Kathryn Krawczyk

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.