(CBS News)
Grace Segers April 2, 2019 10:23 AM
Sen. Bernie Sanders, considered to be one of the frontrunners early in the Democratic presidential primary race, raised $18.2 million in campaign donations in the first quarter Tuesday.
According to campaign manager Faiz Shakir, this $18.2 million was raised with almost 900,000 individual donations, from 525,000 contributors. The average donation was $20, and 99.5% of the donations were $100 or less. Shakir said that a majority of the donors are under 39 years old.
Shakir said that the Sanders has campaign has $28 million in cash on hand.
Sanders' announcement comes the day after California Sen. Kamala Harris announced that her campaign raised $12 million in the first quarter.
Sanders reported $6 million in fundraising in the first 24 hours of the campaign.
The independent senator from Vermont has so far maintained a wide base of support, a holdover from his unsuccessful run in the 2016 Democratic primary. Although he lost that race by 3 million votes, Sanders has had a major influence on progressive politics in recent years.
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