Sanders, Buttigieg Get Enough Cash to Make 2020 a Long Race

Millions raised will allow candidates to remain in the race
Biden raises $22.7 million but lags other Democratic rivals

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary debate on Dec. 19.Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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By Bill Allison and Sahil Kapur

January 3, 2020 at 9:00 AM UTC

Updated on

January 3, 2020 at 2:28 PM UTC

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Huge fundraising hauls by some of the 2020 Democratic candidates point to a long road to the presidential nomination that could crush front-runner Joe Biden’s hopes of securing an early victory.

Bernie Sanders blew the competition away by reporting he’d raised $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, built on 5 million individual donations. Pete Buttigieg pulled in more than $24.7 million, despite polling in single-digits nationally.