Buttigieg raises $24.8 million, tripling haul in previous quarter

[left-of-center2012]

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg announced on Monday that his 2020 campaign raised nearly $25 million in the second quarter, tripling his haul from the first quarter of the year.

The 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Ind., said in a Twitter video that more than 400,000 donors contributed to his campaign for a total of $24.8 million.

The amount is three times the $7 million raised for his campaign in the first quarter, an impressive total for a relatively unknown candidate who at the time had not officially declared his candidacy.

Buttigieg's campaign said in a statement that almost twice as many donors contributed in the second quarter than the first.

It said that donors have come from every U.S. state and territory, adding that their average contribution is $47.42.

Buttigieg's campaign added that it has more than $22.6 million cash on hand.

The mayor's massive haul comes after his performance in the second Democratic debate in Miami last week.

The fundraising total also comes after Buttigieg abruptly left the campaign trail during the last few weeks of the second quarter after a white South Bend officer fatally shot a black man.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/451119-buttigieg-raises-248-million-tripling-haul-in-previous-quarter

[brooklynite]

1. Bernie reportedly cM in at $15 M...

The real message will be from the candidates who DON’T announce their haul in advance of the July 15 reporting deadline.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. That's great!

Glad he's doing well; he's my second choice and it doesn't look like my first choice is going anywhere. I believe he can make it, but there's going to be some ugliness from the fundagelicals to deal with. He's tough, though.

[left-of-center2012]

3. "some ugliness from the fundagelicals"

We've seen it here on DU.

[customerserviceguy]

5. The fundies

are never going to vote for our candidate, anyway. If anything, they're going to get out even more votes for Trump this time around. He's delivered on his SCOTUS promises, surely there were fundies who thought he was lying about that in 2016. Plus, consider those fundies who lived in blue states, who knew that Hillary was going to get the electoral votes of their state, and faced with a choice of voting for her or Trump, they voted third party, or not at all on that line (same thing, effectively). After it came out that Hillary got three million more popular votes, they're determined to keep that situation from happening with the 2020 election.

First, I don't think Trump has a massive amount of animus to gay people, he's worked with enough of them in NYC. Yes, he has a problem with transgendered folks, we all know that. So, I don't think he would take a swipe at Pete's orientation on the campaign trail. And if I'm wrong, then he just looks like an even bigger asshole to folks in the mushy middle who are not comfortable any longer with put-downs of gay and lesbian people, since they now know that they know some.

Buttigieg's major problem is gaining the trust of the African-American community, but I think he has a chance to do that.

[mobeau69]

4. More than tripled.

It'll be interesting to see if any of our other candidates tripled their 1st quarter totals.