BIG BUCKS

Bernie Sanders Raised $34.5 Million in 2019’s Final Quarter

While all the contenders haven’t yet filed their returns, it seems likely Sanders’ haul will top the field.

Bernie Sanders continues to set the pace in the fundraising battle for the Democratic nomination, having raised a startling $34.5 million in the final three months of last year, his campaign said. The figure is the most that any of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates has posted in a single quarter so far, although only Sanders, Andrew Yang, and Pete Buttigieg have formally declared their fourth-quarter number so far. Buttigieg collected $24.7 million in the fourth quarter, bringing his 2019 total to about $76 million against Sanders’ total of $96 million. Yang on Thursday reported a haul of $16.5 million in the same period, his biggest to date. All presidential campaigns must report fourth-quarter fundraising information to the Federal Election Commission by Jan. 31, just days before the Iowa caucuses.